dispensation

Questions about dispensation

What does dispensation mean?

dispensation means "an exemption from some rule or obligation". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dispensation?

dispensation has 4 syllables: dis-pen-sa-tion. The stress falls on "sa". In IPA it is /ˌdɪspənˈseɪʃən/.

Is dispensation a common word?

dispensation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with dispensation?

12 words rhyme with dispensation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.