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allocation
A thing or amount allocated
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  1. A thing or amount allocated
  2. An allocating or being allocated
allotment
A thing allotted; portion; share
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  1. A thing allotted; portion; share
  2. The act of allotting:
  3. (Brit.) A small plot of public land rented to an individual for growing vegetables or flowers
endowment
That with which something is endowed; specif., any bequest or gift that provides an income for an institution or person
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  1. That with which something is endowed; specif., any bequest or gift that provides an income for an institution or person
  2. Funds invested for the support and benefit of a not-for-profit institution.
  3. Funds or property donated to an institution, individual, or group as a source of income.
direction
An authoritative order or command:
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  1. An authoritative order or command:
  2. The course along which a person or thing is moving or must move to reach a destination:
  3. The management, supervision, or guidance of a group or operation:
regulation
A rule, ordinance, or law by which conduct, etc. is regulated; specif., one of a body of rules or laws governing an industry, institution, or type of business
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  1. A rule, ordinance, or law by which conduct, etc. is regulated; specif., one of a body of rules or laws governing an industry, institution, or type of business
  2. A rule issued by an administrative agency or a local governmental body prescribing conditions or authorizations that must be followed by the public or by public utilities; the process of controlling by restrictions or rules. A rule issued by an administrative agency or a local governmental body prescribing conditions or authorizations that must be followed by the public or by public utilities; the process of controlling by restrictions or rules.
  3. A principle, rule, or law designed to control or govern conduct.
supervision
The act, process, or function of supervising.
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  1. The act, process, or function of supervising.
exemption
An exception of certain property from bankruptcy or taxation.
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  1. An exception of certain property from bankruptcy or taxation.
  2. The state of not being subject to a responsibility held by others; in taxes, an amount subtracted from gross income to determine taxable income. The state of not being subject to a responsibility held by others; in taxes, an amount subtracted from gross income to determine taxable income.
  3. An exempting or being exempted; freedom or release from a liability, obligation, etc.; immunity
waiver
A formal written statement of such relinquishment
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  1. A formal written statement of such relinquishment
  2. (Law) A legal document releasing some requirement, such as waiving a right (giving it up) or a waiver of liability (agreeing to hold someone blameless). Also used for such a form even before it is filled out and signed.
  3. Permission for a professional athletic club to assign a player to the minor leagues or release a player from the club, granted only after all other clubs have been given the opportunity to claim the player and have not done so.
indulgence
The action or an instance of indulging:
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  1. The action or an instance of indulging:
  2. (R.C.Ch.) A partial or complete remission, under conditions specified by the Church, of divine temporal punishment that may otherwise still be due for sin committed but forgiven
  3. The state of being indulgent; tolerance:
authorization
(Countable) An act of authorizing.
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  1. (Countable) An act of authorizing.
  2. (Countable) (A document giving) formal sanction, permission or warrant.
  3. Legal power or right; sanction
allocation
An allocating or being allocated
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  1. An allocating or being allocated
  2. A thing or amount allocated
assignment
The act of assigning, or an assigned task
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  1. The act of assigning, or an assigned task
  2. (Law) a transfer of something from one person to another, especially property, or a claim or right; the document that effects this transfer
  3. A position or post of duty to which one is assigned:
apportionment
Allotment of direct taxes on the basis of state population.
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  1. Allotment of direct taxes on the basis of state population.
  2. The proportional distribution of the number of members of the US House of Representatives on the basis of the population of each state.
  3. The allocation, distribution, or division of something into proportionate shares.
distribution
The result of distributing; arrangement
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  1. The result of distributing; arrangement
  2. A characterization of the occurrence of the actual unique values in a set of data (as in a frequency distribution) or of the theoretical unique values of a random variable (as in a probability distribution).
  3. At common law, the transfer of personal property to the heirs of an individual who died intestate. At common law, the transfer of personal property to the heirs of an individual who died intestate.
division
A sharing or apportioning; distribution
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  1. A sharing or apportioning; distribution
  2. The proportional distribution of a quantity or entity:
  3. Cell division.
administration
The executive branch of a government.
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  1. The executive branch of a government.
  2. The act or process of administering, especially the management of a government or large institution.
  3. The activity of a government or state in the exercise of its powers and duties.
application
The act of applying or making a request.
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  1. The act of applying or making a request.
  2. A specific use to which something is put:
  3. The capacity of being usable; relevance:
Find another word for dispensation. In this page you can discover 24 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for dispensation, like: allocation, allotment, endowment, direction, regulation, supervision, exemption, waiver, indulgence, authorization and distribution.

Sentence Examples

  • Similarly in the Christian dispensation all is in order due.

  • Dean figured Fred was making a last ditch effort for a dispensation from his public duty.

  • had no desire to aid France and accept from Rome a dispensation from the oaths of truce.

  • To put this project into execution, the Church opened her " treasuries of grace," connected with the jubilee dispensation, for the peculiar benefit of those nations that had suffered most from the turmoils of the last few decades, or were prevented from visiting the Eternal City.

  • Courts of justice, however, do not grant reprieves by way of dispensation from the penalties of the law, which is not for the judicial department, but for temporary purposes, e.g.

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