dispensation
/ˌdɪspenˈseɪʃən/ noun [C, U]Definition
› special permission to do something: [+ to do sth] The court would not grant him a dispensation to visit his children.
(Definition of dispensation noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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