disoblige

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Erizo, unwilling to disoblige his Admiral, upon whose Favour his Advancement depended, told Gonzago, that he must find another time to talk with him.

From The Works of Aphra Behn Volume V by Summers, Montague

Sorry to disoblige, old feller, but I'm on duty where Miss Verbena is now, you see, as she's just promised to be my wife.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, March 29, 1890 by Various

But there again—he could not be vicious simply to oblige these ladies, or rather to disoblige them; he must be what it seemed good to him to be.

From East Angels by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

"I'm sorry to disoblige a lady," he said; "but you don't go out of this house to-night."

From The Tinted Venus A Farcical Romance by Partridge, Bernard

I'm greatly afraid I am just out of meat, Sergeant—and I'm sorry now to disoblige you, and you not being in the habit of dealing with me—— Sergeant.

From Contemporary One-Act Plays by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)