dispensation.
The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution
Meaning & usage
The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution
a fair dispensation of money
The distribution of good and evil by God to man.
That which is dispensed, dealt out, or given; that which is bestowed on someone
A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy
the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations
The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; exemption.
The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; exemption. In the Roman Catholic Church, an exemption from some ecclesiastical law, or from an obligation to God which a person has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.).
Where this word comes from
From Middle English dispensacioun, from Old French despensacion, from Latin dispensātiō. By surface analysis, dispens(e) + -ation.
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