dispensation

dispensation is a 12-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the acts and modes of his administration. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 18 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the acts and modes of his administration.
2. noun. That which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed; that which is enjoined or bestowed
3. noun. A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations.
4. noun. The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; specifically, in the Roman Catholic Church, exemption from some ecclesiastical law or obligation to God which a man has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.).
5. noun. the act of dispensing (giving out in portions)
6. noun. an exemption from some rule or obligation
7. noun. a share that has been dispensed or distributed

Common word forms

dispensations, dispensational

Words from these letters

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