Synonyms of dispensation

dispensation

noun

ˌdi-spən-ˈsā-shən 

as in distribution

the act or process of giving out something to each member of a group

the emergency dispensation of medicine to the sick

Synonyms & Similar Words

• distribution
• allocation
• issuance
• apportionment
• allotment
• disbursement
• redistribution
• division
• admeasurement
• reallocation
• reapportionment
• redivision
• repartition
• partition
• separation

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dispensation

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

If so, then a special dispensation should be made for Barnes and the 10-year career rule. — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 17 May 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

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