n.

1. 分配（物）；施与（物）[U][C]
   the dispensation of food

   分发食物

2. 管理；统治[U]
3. （义务等的）免除[U]
4. 【律】特许；特免[U]
5. （天主教）特许状[C]
   By a special dispensation from the Church, she was allowed to remarry.

   凭教会给予的特许状，她获准再婚。

6. 【宗】天命；神意，神的安排[U][C]
7. 【宗】教规[C]

n.

1. the action of dispensing.
2. exemption from a rule or usual requirement.
3. a religious or political system prevailing at a particular time:
   the Mosaic dispensation.
4. archaic an act of divine providence.