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   dispensation

   /ˌdɪsp(ə)nˈseɪʃn/

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   • 1. exemption from a rule or usual requirement: "although she was too young, she was given special dispensation to play before her birthday" Similar exemptionimmunityexceptionexclusionexonerationfreedomreleasereliefreprieveremissionrelaxationabsolutionimpunityinformal:a let-off
   • ▪ permission to be exempted from the laws or observances of the Church: "he received papal dispensation to hold a number of benefices"
   • 2. a political, religious, or social system prevailing at a particular time: "scholarship is conveyed to a wider audience than under the old dispensation" Similar systemorderschemeplanarrangementorganization
   • ▪ (in Christian theology) a divinely ordained system prevailing at a particular period of history: "the Mosaic dispensation"
   • ▪ an act of divine providence: archaic "the laws to which the creator in all his dispensations conforms"
   • 3. the action of distributing or supplying something: "regulations controlling dispensation of medications" Similar distributionprovisionprovidingsupplysupplyingissueissuingpassing roundpassing outgiving outhanding outdealing outdoling outsharing outdividing outparcelling outdivisionallocationallotmentapportionmentassignmentbestowalconfermentdisbursementinformal:dishing out

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin dispensatio(n-), from the verb dispensare (see dispense).

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   • 1. dispensational adjective

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   What does dispensation mean?

   • Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! Can you solve 4 words at once? Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of DISPENSATION is a general state or ordering of things; specifically : a system of revealed commands and promises regulating human affairs.

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   What does dispensing mean?

   • 1. an act or instance of dispensing; distribution. 2. something that is distributed or given out. 3. a certain order, system, or arrangement; administration or management. 4. a. the divine ordering of the affairs of the world. b. a divinely appointed order or age. 5. a dispensing with, doing away with, or doing without something. 6. Rom. Cath. Ch.

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   What is a special dispensation?

   • A dispensation is special permission to do something that is normally not allowed. A special dispensation may by obtained from the domestic union concerned. The committee was not prepared to use its discretion and grant special dispensation. Dispensation of something is the issuing of it, especially from a position of authority.

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   What is the root word of dispensation?

   • The Latin root word of dispensation is dispensare, which means to disburse or administer. Doctors and pharmacists commonly talk about the dispensation of prescription medication. Another meaning of dispensation is an exemption from a rule.

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   The act of giving or portioning something out is called dispensation. Your teacher will have a hard time with the dispensation of biology textbooks if there aren't enough copies for everyone in the class. The Latin root word of dispensation is dispensare, which means to disburse or administer.

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    noun. /ˌdɪspenˈseɪʃn/ [countable, uncountable] special permission to do something that is not usually allowed or legal. She needed a special dispensation to remarry. The sport's ruling body gave him dispensation to compete in national competitions. Topics Permission and obligation c2. Want to learn more?