dispensations
Granted official exceptions
Dispensations are official exemptions from rules or obligations, especially religious ones: The church granted dispensations allowing them to marry during Lent.
More broadly, a dispensation is a system of order or management, particularly one believed to be divinely ordained: the Christian dispensation, the old dispensation gave way to the new.
The word carries a formal, often theological tone.
Distribution of shares
- apportionmentDivision into shares
- disbursementDistribution of funds
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
parceling · meting out · dole · issuance · provisioning · supplying · assignment · delivery
Formal surrender of rights
- immunityProtected from harm
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- reprievePostponement of punishment
- exceptionDeviation from standard
release · relief · permit · allowance · license · authorization · clearance · variance
Effortless beauty of motion
- providenceDivine protective care
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
- divine favorSacred approval or blessing
redemption · mercy · forgiveness · absolution · sanctification · atonement · sacrament · ordinance
Distinct historical period
- epochDistinct historical period
- ageDuration of existence
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- regimeSystem of governance
order · system · arrangement · administration · governance · scheme · plan · providence
allocation
Distribution of shares
- apportionmentDivision into shares
- disbursementDistribution of funds
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
allotment · parceling · meting out · dole · issuance · provisioning · supplying · assignment · delivery · administration
waiver
Formal surrender of rights
- immunityProtected from harm
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- reprievePostponement of punishment
exception · release · relief · permit · allowance · license · authorization · clearance · variance · leave
grace
Effortless beauty of motion
- providenceDivine protective care
- salvationDeliverance from harm
- blessingPrayer seeking divine favor
divine favor · redemption · mercy · forgiveness · absolution · sanctification · atonement · sacrament · ordinance · rite
era
Distinct historical period
regime · order · system · arrangement · administration · governance · scheme · plan · providence · course
- diplomaticscharters, deeds, diplomas, briefs, royal charters
- DispensationalismDarby, rapture, literal interpretation, tribulation, futurism
- lodge recordsmeeting minutes, membership lists, charters, annual reports, rosters
- Mormon Doctrineeternal life, exaltation, Book of Mormon, Jehovah, priesthood
- church courtsappeals court, appellate court, Rota
- papal lawpapal bulls, encyclicals
dispensationsprohibitions
Formal orders against something
obligations · requirements · mandates · bans · restrictions
dispensationswithholdings
Sums deducted from wages
confiscations · collections · deprivations · seizures · retentions
- special dispensationFormal permission to bypass rules
- papal dispensationChurch-authorized exception to religious law