Dispensation
noun
The act of allowing something that is not usually permitted.
She was given a dispensation to miss the final exam due to her illness.
Often appears as...
- special dispensation
- divine dispensation
noun
An ordered way of doing things, especially in a religious context.
In the Christian faith, they believe in the dispensation of the holy spirit.
Often appears as...
- religious dispensation
- divine dispensation
Usage tips
Religious
noun
The act of giving out or distributing something.
The dispensation of food and water to disaster victims was well coordinated.
Often appears as...
- food dispensation
- water dispensation
noun
The act of allowing something that is not usually permitted.
She was given a dispensation to miss the final exam due to her illness.
Often appears as...
- special dispensation
- divine dispensation
noun
An ordered way of doing things, especially in a religious context.
In the Christian faith, they believe in the dispensation of the holy spirit.
Often appears as...
- religious dispensation
- divine dispensation
Usage tips
Religious
noun
The act of giving out or distributing something.
The dispensation of food and water to disaster victims was well coordinated.
Often appears as...
- food dispensation
- water dispensation
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Special Permission
Dispensation often means a special exception is granted by someone in authority.
Due to the transportation strike, workers received a dispensation to work from home.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Relaxation
The allowance is usually temporary, for a specific reason.
Students got a dispensation from the uniform rules on the day of the sports event.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Context
Used in formal contexts or official matters; not for casual situations.
The council offered a dispensation for late tax filings after the flood disaster.
Pro Tip 1/3Special Permission
Dispensation often means a special exception is granted by someone in authority.
Due to the transportation strike, workers received a dispensation to work from home.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Relaxation
The allowance is usually temporary, for a specific reason.
Students got a dispensation from the uniform rules on the day of the sports event.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Context
Used in formal contexts or official matters; not for casual situations.
The council offered a dispensation for late tax filings after the flood disaster.
Pro Tip 1/3Special Permission
Dispensation often means a special exception is granted by someone in authority.
Due to the transportation strike, workers received a dispensation to work from home.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Relaxation
The allowance is usually temporary, for a specific reason.
Students got a dispensation from the uniform rules on the day of the sports event.
Pro Tip 3/3Formal Context
Used in formal contexts or official matters; not for casual situations.
The council offered a dispensation for late tax filings after the flood disaster.
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Video examples
David Deutsch: Chemical...
one thing that's true about it is that it doesn't do it with any special physics, there's no special dispensation, no miracles involved. It does it simply with three things that we have here in abundance. One of them is matter,
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David Deutsch: Chemical...
one thing that's true about it is that it doesn't do it with any special physics, there's no special dispensation, no miracles involved. It does it simply with three things that we have here in abundance. One of them is matter,
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Quote examples
Alice Waters
American Chef
You do need some dispensation for local farmers, because the fast food industry will promote the unsanitary conditions of farming. With vegetables, you have to be careful where they come from; you have to know the farmers and trust them. If you buy from the farmers' market, it's already been investigated.
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Jim Elliot
American Clergyman
Systematic theology - be careful how you tie down the Word to fit your set and final creeds, systems, dogmas, and organized theistic philosophies! The Word of God is not bound! It's free to say what it will to the individual, and no one can outline it into dispensations which cannot be broken.
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L. Lionel Kendrick
American Clergyman
One of the marvelous blessings of the Book of Mormon is that it contains, in clarity, revelations reserved to come forth in this dispensation of time. Much of the knowledge that we have relating to the principle of moral agency is found in these modern revelations.
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Adoniram Judson
American Clergyman
We have this consolation, that it was the evident dispensation of God which brought us to this country; and still further, that if the world was all before us, where to choose our place of rest, we should not desire to leave Burmah.
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John Nelson Darby
English Clergyman
It is the desire of our hearts, and as we believe God's will under this dispensation, that all the children of God should be gathered together as such, and, consequently, as not of the world.
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Albert Barnes
American Theologian
We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.
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William Ames
English Philosopher
The world has not been in existence from eternity nor could it have been according to the present dispensation and ordering of things.
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Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
Pakistani Politician
The court can, and must, only maintain its legitimacy through the dispensation of justice, not by coercion and censorship.
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John Woolman
American Clergyman
Through the humbling dispensations of Divine Providence, men are sometimes fitted for his service.
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Patrice Motsepe
South African Businessman
You have to have a globally competitive mining dispensation.
Quote examples
Alice Waters
American Chef
You do need some dispensation for local farmers, because the fast food industry will promote the unsanitary conditions of farming. With vegetables, you have to be careful where they come from; you have to know the farmers and trust them. If you buy from the farmers' market, it's already been investigated.
Quote examples
Jim Elliot
American Clergyman
Systematic theology - be careful how you tie down the Word to fit your set and final creeds, systems, dogmas, and organized theistic philosophies! The Word of God is not bound! It's free to say what it will to the individual, and no one can outline it into dispensations which cannot be broken.
Quote examples
L. Lionel Kendrick
American Clergyman
One of the marvelous blessings of the Book of Mormon is that it contains, in clarity, revelations reserved to come forth in this dispensation of time. Much of the knowledge that we have relating to the principle of moral agency is found in these modern revelations.
Quote examples
Adoniram Judson
American Clergyman
We have this consolation, that it was the evident dispensation of God which brought us to this country; and still further, that if the world was all before us, where to choose our place of rest, we should not desire to leave Burmah.
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John Nelson Darby
English Clergyman
It is the desire of our hearts, and as we believe God's will under this dispensation, that all the children of God should be gathered together as such, and, consequently, as not of the world.
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Albert Barnes
American Theologian
We can always find something to be thankful for, and there may be reasons why we ought to be thankful for even those dispensations which appear dark and frowning.
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William Ames
English Philosopher
The world has not been in existence from eternity nor could it have been according to the present dispensation and ordering of things.
Quote examples
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
Pakistani Politician
The court can, and must, only maintain its legitimacy through the dispensation of justice, not by coercion and censorship.
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John Woolman
American Clergyman
Through the humbling dispensations of Divine Providence, men are sometimes fitted for his service.
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Patrice Motsepe
South African Businessman
You have to have a globally competitive mining dispensation.
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