The Only Use of
dispensation
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- Jem's free dispensation of my pledge irked me, but precious noontime minutes were ticking away.
p. 31..1dispensation = granting of an exemption or exception
Definition:
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(dispensation as in: received dispensation to) an exemption from some rule or obligationeditor's notes: In theology, in addition to referring to exceptions from general rules the word may reference the abuse of the selling of indulgences that occurred in the late Middle Ages.