English → Latin
“disoblige” in Latin
laedōto strike, collide, hurt; to offend; to thwartoffendōto hit, thrust, strike against something; to meet, encounter (someone); to suffer damage, receive an injuryviolōto treat with violence; to maltreat; to violate, defile, profane, rapeobsequiumcomplaisance, yielding, compliance, obedience; allegiance; deference, obsequiousness, flatterynesciōto not know, to be ignorant, to not understand
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
disoblige
laedere: offendere: violare [SYN. in OFFEND]: alicui adversari (oppose, thwart): alicui non gratificari alicui gratificari, or obsequi, or morem gerere nolle: to disoblige anybody invariably, omnia adversus aliquem facere. I don’t know why I should disoblige you by a refusal, cur tibi hoc non gratificer, nescio. To consider one’s self disobliged, se violatum or laesum putare; se laesum aubitrari (Cic.); aliqua re offendi; aegre aliquid ferre; injuriam sibi factum putare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for disoblige?
- The usual Latin words for “disoblige” are laedō, offendō, violō; also obsequium, nesciō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.