dispensation
n.a special permission to do something that is usually not allowed. It is like a rule that is temporarily changed for a specific person or situation.
n.a special permission or exemption from a rule, law, or requirement. Often used in formal or religious contexts to describe a temporary change in standard practice.
“The manager gave me a dispensation to leave early.”
“The university granted a dispensation for the student to take the exam at a different time due to a family emergency.”
“In many religious traditions, a dispensation allows a priest to perform a marriage ceremony for two people who would otherwise be considered related by blood.”
“Government decrees to grant dispensations to manufacturers of Abondance, Beaufort and Comté cheeses - which come from mountains in eastern France - appeared on Wednesday.”
From Old French despensacion, from Latin dispensātiō. By surface analysis, dispens(e) + -ation.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.