- [countable, uncountable]
special permission to do something that is not usually allowed or legal （尤指宗教领袖给予的）豁免，宽免 She needed a special dispensation to remarry. 她需要得到特准才能再婚。 The sport's ruling body gave him dispensation to compete in national competitions. 体育运动管理机构特许他参加全国性的体育比赛。
- [uncountable] (formal)
the act or process of providing something, especially by somebody in authority 分配；施与；实施 the dispensation of justice 执法
- [countable] (specialist)
a political or religious system that operates in a country at a particular time （某一国家某一时期的政治、宗教）制度
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin dispensatio(n-), from the verb dispensare ‘continue to weigh out or disburse’, from the verb dispendere, based on pendere ‘weigh’.