disoblige

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"The Commune was desirous to leave them all liberty in the conduct of the military operations; it was as far from wishing to disoblige them as from wishing to weaken their authority."

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.

Shortly afterwards Addison went to him and said, "that some particular friends, whom he could not disoblige, insisted on its being acted."

From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander

It was consolatory, nevertheless, to her feelings, that Ireton, hitherto her defamer, should acquiesce in this offer, which, at least, not to disoblige Mrs Maple, she would accept for the moment.

From The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny

As she is the Reservoir of Favour, greater Court is made to her than to the Duke himself, and Woe be to those that dare to disoblige her!

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume I Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

She has married you because father or grandfather thought the match eligible, and because she didn't wish to disoblige them.

From International Short Stories American by Various