dispensation

Example Sentences

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Indeed, it is not a novel at all, and it has been categorized as such only because of a curious dispensation afforded to the French to affix that label to any book they want.

From The Wall Street Journal

To actually get a new organ, patients like Newman are functionally required to secure a special dispensation from the state, which must be renewed every year.

From Los Angeles Times

So pressing is the need for processing of the arriving remains that religious authorities granted dispensation for round-the-clock work to take place every day, including on the Jewish Sabbath, the religiously mandated day of rest.

From Los Angeles Times

Staff arranged for a registrar to perform the ceremony and a special dispensation was secured to perform the wedding in a hospital setting.

From BBC

Bori had received special dispensation to leave work to pick his family up.

From BBC