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Dispensation is defined as special permission to not have to follow a rule or to not be bound by a particular code of behavior.

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An example of dispensation is when your boss gives you special permission to skip a required training course.

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See dispensation in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a dispensing, or giving out; distribution
anything dispensed or distributed
the system by which anything is administered; management
any release or exemption from an obligation
Law the suspension of a statute in a specific case for extenuating reasons
R.C.Ch. an exemption or release from the provisions of a specific church law
Theol.
1. the ordering of events under divine authority
2. any religious system

Origin: ME dispensacioun < OFr despensation < L dispensatio, management, charge < pp. of dispensare, dispense

Related Forms:

dispensational adjective

See dispensation in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. The act of dispensing.
b. Something dispensed.
c. A specific arrangement or system by which something is dispensed.
An exemption or release from an obligation or rule, granted by or as if by an authority.
a. An exemption from a church law, a vow, or another similar obligation granted in a particular case by an ecclesiastical authority.
b. The document containing this exemption.
Theology
a. The divine ordering of worldly affairs.
b. A religious system or code of commands considered to have been divinely revealed or appointed.

Origin:

Origin: Medieval Latin dispēnsātiō, dispēnsātiōn-

Origin: , from Latin, distribution, management

Origin: , from dispēnsātus

Origin: , past participle of dispēnsāre, to distribute; see dispense

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Related Forms:

disˌpen·saˈtion·al adjective

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