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1. Permission to break a law or an official promise that has been made: The defendant asked the court to grant him a dispensation from having to pay his divorced wife any additional money.
2. An action that provides something to people: The doctor provided a dispensation for Arnold to continue participating in the sports event after he had fallen and hurt his hand.
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2. An action that provides something to people: The doctor provided a dispensation for Arnold to continue participating in the sports event after he had fallen and hurt his hand.
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-ation, -ization (-iz[e] + -ation); -isation (British spelling variation)
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dis-, di-, dif-
(page 21)
pend-, -pens, -pense, -pending, -pended
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“dispensation”
A kind of permission to break a law or an official promise that has been made; or to be released from some kind of rule, vow, or oath. (1)
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Word a Day Revisited Index of Cartoons Illustrating the Meanings of Words
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