† disobligatoryadj.
Obsolete.
a. Not obligatory or binding.
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disobligatorya1649
unbinding1652
soft1964
a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 177 All Oaths unlawful..being..null and disobligatory.
b. Releasing from obligation.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [adjective] > freeing from liability or obligation
relaxatory1581
absolvatory1611
dispensative1621
dispensatory1635
dispensing1642
laxative1645
disobligatorya1649
exonerative1819
dispensive1828
a1649 King Charles I Let. to A. Henderson in Wks. 165 You much mistake in alleaging that the two Houses of Parliament can have this disobligatory power.
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- titular of the tithes
- titular priest
- titularies
- titularities
- titularity
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- to be merry and wise
- to be mindful to
- to be mindful to do something
- to be minding one's own business
- to be mishpocha
- to be missed
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- to be mistress
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- to be money in the bank
- to be mops and brooms
- to be more
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