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Dispensation vs Postponed - What's the difference?

dispensation | postponed |

As a noun dispensation

is the act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by god to man, or more generically, of the acts and modes of his administration.

As a verb postponed is

(postpone).

As an adjective postponed is

done later than originally planned; delayed.

dispensation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution; often used of the distribution of good and evil by God to man, or more generically, of the acts and modes of his administration.
  • That which is dispensed, dealt out, or appointed; that which is enjoined or bestowed
  • A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations.
  • The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; specifically, in the Roman Catholic Church, exemption from some ecclesiastical law or obligation to God which a man has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.).

    • postponed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (postpone)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Done later than originally planned; delayed.