[{"word":"dispensation","phonetic":"/dɪsˌpɛnˈseɪʃən/","phonetics":[{"text":"/dɪsˌpɛnˈseɪʃən/","audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/dispensation-uk.mp3","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=90913126","license":{"name":"BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"}}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"That which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed; that which is enjoined or bestowed","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"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.).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dispensation"]}]