<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an act or instance of dispensing; distribution.</li><li>Synonyms: bestowal, dissemination, dispersion.</li><li>something that is distributed or given out.</li><li>a certain order, system, or arrangement; administration or management.</li><li>Theology: the divine ordering of the affairs of the world.</li><li>an appointment, arrangement, or favor, as by God.</li><li>a divinely appointed order or age: the old Mosaic, or Jewish, dispensation; the new gospel, or Christian, dispensation.</li><li>a dispensing with, doing away with, or doing without something.</li><li>Roman Catholic Church: a relaxation of law in a particular case granted by a competent superior or the superior's delegate in laws that the superior has the power to make and enforce: a dispensation regarding the Lenten fast.</li><li>an official document authorizing such a relaxation of law.</li></ul>