dispensation
🇺🇸
/ˌdɪspenˈseɪʃn/
🇬🇧
/ˌdɪspenˈseɪʃn/
noun
R
An exception to a rule that allows someone to do something that is usually not allowed.
She received a dispensation from the school to wear her religious head covering.
R
The act of giving out or distributing something, often by someone in a position of authority.
The dispensation of aid to the victims was carried out efficiently by the relief agency.
R
A system of government or belief in place at a particular time.
translation
An exception to a rule that allows someone to do something that is usually not allowed.; The act of giving out or distributing something, often by someone in a position of authority.; A system of government or belief in place at a particular time.
Word Forms
Plural
dispensations