dispensation
pronunciation
How to pronounce dispensation in British English:
UK [ˌdɪspenˈseɪʃn]
How to pronounce dispensation in American English:
US [ˌdɪspənˈseʃən, -pɛn-]
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- Noun:
- an exemption from some rule or obligation
- a share that has been dispensed or distributed
- the act of dispensing (giving out in portions)
Word Origin
- dispensation (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French despensacion (12c., Modern French dispensation), or directly from Latin dispensationem (nominative dispensatio) "management, charge," noun of action from past participle stem of dispensare (see dispense). Theological sense is from the use of the word to translate Greek oikonomoia "office, method of administration."
Example
- 1. The pope had given them a dispensation to come to the cathedral .
- 2. Only jane 's brother , robin , was allowed a special dispensation , because he was studying to get into oxford-it was all right for him to have his head stuck in a book all day and to go around scowling , complaining that the sun gave him headaches .
- 3. Moreover , under the new dispensation , american forces themselves feel both more constrained and more vulnerable .
- 4. Macao law requires government land to be sold through an open bidding process , unless special dispensation is granted by the government .
- 5. So , for many in the indian establishment , the process is the point-keep it going long enough and war will seem impossible and the present dispensation immutable .