Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DIS-O-BE'DI-ENCE, n. [dis and obedience.]

1. Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition; the omission of that which is commanded to be done, or the doing of that which is forbid; breach of duty prescribed by authority. By one man's disobedience, many were made sinners. – Rom. v.
2. Non-compliance. This disobedience of the moon. – Blackmore.

DIS-O-BE'DI-ENT, a.

1. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; as, children disobedient to parents; citizens disobedient to the laws. I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. – Acts xxvi.
2. Not yielding to exciting force or power. Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the system disobedient to stimuli. – Darwin.

DIS-O-BE'DI-ENT-LY, adv.

In a disobedient manner.

DIS-O-BEY', v.t. [dis and obey.]

To neglect or refuse to obey; to omit or refuse to do what is commanded, or to do what is forbid; to transgress or violate an order or injunction. Refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws; and we all disobey the precepts of the Gospel. [The word is applicable both to the command and to the person commanding.]

DIS-O-BEY'ED, pp.

Not obeyed; neglected; transgressed.

DIS-O-BEY'ING, ppr.

Omitting or refusing to obey; violating; transgressing, as authority or law.

DIS-OB-LI-GA'TION, n. [dis and obligation.]

The act of disobliging; an offense; cause of disgust. Clarendon.

DIS-OB'LI-GA-TO-RY, a.

Releasing obligation. – K. Charles.

DIS-O-BLIGE', v.t. [dis and oblige.]

1. To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of another; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to injure in a slight degree; a term by which offense is tenderly expressed. My plan has given offense to some gentlemen, whom it would not be very safe to disoblige. – Addison.
2. To release from obligation. [Not used.] – Bp. Hall.

DIS-O-BLIG'ED, pp.

Offended; slightly injured.

DIS-O-BLIGE'MENT, n.

The act of disobliging. – Milton.

DIS-O-BLIG'ER, n.

One who disobliges.

DIS-O-BLIG'ING, ppr.

1. Offending; contravening the wishes of; injuring slightly.
2. adj. Not obliging; not disposed to gratify the wishes of another; not disposed to please; unkind; offensive; unpleasing; unaccommodating; as, a disobliging coachman.

DIS-O-BLIG'ING-LY, adv.

In a disobliging manner; offensively.

DIS-O-BLIG'ING-NESS, n.

Offensiveness; disposition to displease, or want of readiness to please.

DIS-O-PIN'ION, n.

Difference of opinion. [A bad word, and not used.] – Bp. Reynolds.

DIS-ORB'ED, a. [dis and orb.]

Thrown out of the proper orbit; as, a star disorbed. – Shak.

DIS-OR'DER, n. [dis and order; Fr. desordre; Sp. desorden; It. disordine.]

1. Want of order or regular disposition; irregularity; immethodical distribution; confusion; a word of general application; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.
2. Tumult; disturbance of the peace of society; as, the city is sometimes troubled with the disorders of its citizens.
3. Neglect of rule; irregularity. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, / And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. – Pope.
4. Breach of laws; violation of standing rules, or institutions.
5. Irregularity, disturbance or interruption of the functions of the animal economy; disease; distemper; sickness. [See Disease.] Disorder however is more frequently used to express a slight disease.
6. Discomposure of the mind; turbulence of passions.
7. Irregularity in the functions of the brain; derangement of the intellect or reason.

DIS-OR'DER, v.t.

1. To break order; to derange; to disturb any regular disposition or arrangement of things; to put out of method; to throw into confusion; to confuse; applicable to every thing susceptible of order.
2. To disturb or interrupt the natural functions of the animal economy; to produce sickness or indisposition; as, to disorder the head or stomach.
3. To discompose or disturb the mind; to ruffle.
4. To disturb the regular operations of reason; to derange; as, the man's reason is disordered.
5. To depose from holy orders. [Unusual.] – Dryden.

DIS-OR'DER-ED, a.

Disorderly; irregular; vicious; loose; unrestrained in behavior. – Shak.

DIS-OR'DER-ED, pp.

Put out of order; deranged; disturbed; discomposed; confused; sick; indisposed.

DIS-OR'DER-ED-NESS, n.

A state of disorder or irregularity; confusion.

DIS-OR'DER-ING, ppr.

Putting out of order; disturbing the arrangement of; discomposing.

DIS-OR'DER-LI-NESS, n.

State of being disorderly.

DIS-OR'DER-LY, a.

1. Confused; immethodical; irregular; being without proper order or disposition; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state.
2. Tumultuous; irregular; as, the disorderly motions of the spirits.
3. Lawless; contrary to law; violating or disposed to violate law and good order; as, disorderly people; disorderly assemblies.
4. Inclined to break loose from restraint; unruly; as, disorderly cattle.