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   Dis·pen·sa·tion

   /ˌdispənˈsāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. exemption from a rule or usual requirement: "although she was too young, she was given special dispensation to play two matches" 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 system of order, government, or organization of a nation, community, etc., especially as existing at a particular time: "scholarship is conveyed to a wider audience than under the old dispensation" Similar systemorderschemeplanarrangementorganization
   • ▪ (in Christian theology) a divinely ordained order 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 aroundpassing outgiving outhanding outdealing outdoling outsharing outdividing outparceling outdivisionallocationallotmentapportionmentassignmentbestowalconfermentdisbursementinformal:dishing out

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

   Derivatives

   • 1. dispensational adjective

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   Synonyms for DISPENSATION: distribution, allocation, issuance, apportionment, allotment, disbursement, redistribution, division, admeasurement, reallocation.

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   noun. These are words and phrases related to dispensation. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of dispensation. She directed the dispensation of blankets and hot coffee. The crash victims received a maximum dispensation. Synonyms. distribution. dispensing. allocation. designation. dealing out.

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   Synonyms of dispensation. 1. a. : a general state or ordering of things. specifically : a system of revealed (see reveal entry 1 sense 1) commands and promises regulating human affairs. a privilege maintained under the new dispensation. b. : a particular arrangement or provision especially of providence or nature.

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   n. # approval. issue. n. # recipient. Another way to say Dispensation? Synonyms for Dispensation (other words and phrases for Dispensation).

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