Word Meanings - DISOBLIGATORY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Releasing from obligation. "Disobligatory power." Charles I.

Related words: (words related to DISOBLIGATORY)

• RELEASE
  To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
• POWERFUL
  Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any
• POWERABLE
  1. Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible. J. Young. 2. Capable of exerting power; powerful. Camden.
• RELEASOR
  One by whom a release is given.
• CHARLES'S WAIN
  The group of seven stars, commonly called the Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear. See Ursa major, under Ursa. Note: The name is sometimes also applied to the Constellation.
• RELEASEMENT
  The act of releasing, as from confinement or obligation. Milton.
• POWERLESS
  Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect. -- Pow"er*less*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*less*ness, n.
• RELEASABLE
  That may be released.
• OBLIGATION
  A bond with a condition annexed, and a penalty for nonfulfillment. In a larger sense, it is an acknowledgment of a duty to pay a certain sum or do a certain things. Days of obligation. See under Day. (more info) 1. The act of obligating. 2. That
• DISOBLIGATORY
  Releasing from obligation. "Disobligatory power." Charles I.
• RELEASEE
  One to whom a release is given.
• RELEASER
  One who releases, or sets free.
• POWER
  See FISH
• CANDLE POWER
  Illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle.
• IMPOWER
  See EMPOWER
• POLICE POWER
  The inherent power of a government to regulate its police affairs. The term police power is not definitely fixed in meaning. In the earlier cases in the United States it was used as including the whole power of internal government, or the powers
• DISEMPOWER
  To deprive of power; to divest of strength. H. Bushnell.
• EMPOWER
  1. To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize ; as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor. 2. To give
• UNPOWER
  Want of power; weakness. Piers Plowman.
• CONCERT OF THE POWERS
  An agreement or understanding between the chief European powers, the United States, and Japan in 1900 to take only joint action in the Chinese aspect of the Eastern Question.
• UNPOWERFUL
  Not powerful; weak. Cowley.
• KING CHARLES SPANIEL
  A variety of small pet dogs, having, drooping ears, a high, dome-shaped forehead, pug nose, large, prominent eyes, and long, wavy hair. The color is usually black and tan.