dispensation

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an exemption from some rule or obligation
  2. noun a share that has been dispensed or distributed
  3. noun the act of dispensing (giving out in portions)

Etymology

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

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