English Explanatory Dictionary

dispensation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution
  2. The distribution of good and evil by God to man.
  3. That which is dispensed, dealt out, or given; that which is bestowed on someone
  4. A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy
  5. The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; exemption.
  6. In the Roman Catholic Church, an exemption from some ecclesiastical law, or from an obligation to God which a person has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.).

Pronunciation

/dɪsˌpɛnˈseɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dispensation.wav

Word forms

dispensation dispensations

Etymology

From Old French despensacion, from Latin dispensātiō. By surface analysis, dispens(e) + -ation.

Related words

dispensationalism dispensationalist

Derived words

dispensational dispensation of the fulness of times

Translations

Polish: dyspensa Polish: dyspensacja Russian: разрешение Arabic: تَحِلَّة Czech: dispens Czech: dispenz Czech: dispense Czech: dispenze Danish: fritagelse Danish: dispensation Dutch: dispensatie Finnish: erivapaus French: dispense German: Dispens Hungarian: felmentés Hungarian: engedmény Hungarian: mentesség Hungarian: engedély Hungarian: hozzájárulás Icelandic: undanþága Indonesian: dispensasi Māori: whakawāteatanga Norwegian Bokmål: dispensasjon Norwegian Nynorsk: dispensasjon Slovak: dišpenz Spanish: dispensación Swedish: dispens Vietnamese: phép chuẩn
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