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dispensation

[dis-puhn-sey-shuhn, -pen-] / ˌdɪs pənˈseɪ ʃən, -pɛn- /




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Indeed, it is not a novel at all, and it has been categorized as such only because of a curious dispensation afforded to the French to affix that label to any book they want.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

San Bernardino Roman Catholic Bishop Alberto Rojas issued a dispensation Tuesday evening, offering members of his diocese’s roughly one million parishioners in danger of being deported the option to stay home Sundays.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2025

In 1933, Jewish lawyers were banned from appearing in German courts, but Frankel had served in World War I, and as a consequence of doing that, had a dispensation from the ban.

From Slate • May 27, 2025

People over 20 can apply for a special dispensation to own a fully automatic weapon.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2025

I told them that whites were Africans as well, and that in any future dispensation the majority would need the minority.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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