far be it from me

adverb

Roget 603: unwillingly etc. adj.; grudgingly, with a heavy heart; with a bad, with an ill grace; against one's wishes, against one's will, against the grain, sore against one's wishes, sore against one's will, sore against one's grain; invita Minerva [Lat.]; a contre caeur [Fr.]; malgre soi [Fr.]; in spite of one's teeth, in spite of oneself; nolens volens etc. (necessity) 601 [Lat.]; perforce etc. 744; under protest; no etc. 536; not for the world, far be it from me.    ... show more

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