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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 dis·oblige /ˌdɪsəˈblaɪʤ/
 (vt.)對人不親切,悖人意,使生氣

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dis·o·blige v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disobliged p. pr. & vb. n. Disobliging.]
 1. To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be unaccommodating to.
    Those . . . who slight and disoblige their friends, shall infallibly come to know the value of them by having none when they shall most need them.   --South.
    My plan has given offense to some gentlemen, whom it would not be very safe to disoblige.   --Addison.
 2. To release from obligation. [Obs.]
    Absolving and disobliging from a more general command for some just and reasonable cause.   --Milton.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 disoblige
      v 1: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble
           you, but..." [syn: trouble, put out, inconvenience,
            discommode, incommode, bother]
      2: ignore someone's wishes [ant: oblige]