Dispensation

Noun

1. The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution

   "a fair dispensation of money"

2. The distribution of good and evil by God to man.
3. That which is dispensed, dealt out, or given; that which is bestowed on someone
4. A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy

   "the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations"

5. The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; exemption. In the Roman Catholic Church, an exemption from some ecclesiastical law, or from an obligation to God which a person has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.).