Vocabulary
Dispensation
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
Something that is distributed or given out / an act of dispensing or distribution
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Two recent issues have highlighted the rifts between the judges of the Islamabad High Court as well as overall issues in the dispensation of justice.
- Are we content with the current hybrid dispensation?
- The ruling dispensation should get out of the complacency trap.
- The current dispensation has tried both carrots and sticks with Kabul to help stop terrorist attacks from Afghanistan-based militants, but neither approach has delivered results.
- In other words, a return to public policy matters and public service, which must be the bedrock of any genuinely democratic dispensation.
Synonyms
allotment, bestowed
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