dispensation
noun
[ dɪspɛnˈseɪʃ(ə)n ]
• exemption from a rule or usual requirement.
• "although she was too young, she was given special dispensation to play before her birthday"
Similar:
exemption,
immunity,
exception,
exclusion,
exoneration,
freedom,
release,
relief,
reprieve,
remission,
relaxation,
absolution,
impunity,
a let-off,
• a political, religious, or social system prevailing at a particular time.
• "scholarship is conveyed to a wider audience than under the old dispensation"
• the action of distributing or supplying something.
• "regulations controlling dispensation of medications"
Similar:
distribution,
provision,
providing,
supply,
supplying,
issue,
issuing,
passing round,
passing out,
giving out,
handing out,
dealing out,
doling out,
sharing out,
dividing out,
parcelling out,
division,
allocation,
allotment,
apportionment,
assignment,
bestowal,
conferment,
disbursement,
dishing out,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin dispensatio(n- ), from the verb dispensare (see dispense).
