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dispensation

noun

ˌdi-spən-ˈsā-shən

Definition of dispensation

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the act or process of giving out something to each member of a group the emergency dispensation of medicine to the sick

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Recent Examples of dispensation Permits for blasting and fuel dispensation, much of what’s still happening on the construction site, typically run $140-$180 each. — Mark Dee june 24, Idaho Statesman, 24 June 2026 Hale has chronicled how conservative bishops issued dispensations, releasing Catholics who feared being detained from the obligation to attend Mass. — Mary Ellen Klas, Twin Cities, 19 Mar. 2026 But the specific French dispensation—the idea that a man’s erotic life exists outside the moral world of his other obligations, that the wife and the mistress are a civilized arrangement, that desire is sovereign—this mythology did not make the crossing with me, or did not survive it intact. — Literary Hub, 6 May 2026 The Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund was created in 2022, with the intention of allowing the swift dispensation of money during states of emergency. — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 21 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for dispensation

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Equitable distribution With the equitable distribution framework, a judge decides on a fair distribution of the assets and debts.

— Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 6 July 2026
What the project is missing includes additional financing, international distribution and an international sales agent.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026

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