dispens

From Old French dispenser, from Latin dispēnsāre (“to weigh out, pay out, distribute, regulate, manage, control, dispense”), frequentative of dispendere (“to weigh out”), from dis- (“apart”) + pendere (“to weigh”).

• IPA^(key): /dɪsˈpɛns/
• Rhymes: -ɛns
• Hyphenation: dis‧pens

dispens m (plural dispensen, diminutive dispensje n)

1. (Netherlands, Indonesia, historical) pantry, stock room

• → Indonesian: sepen
• → Madurese: seppen

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “dispens”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

dispens c

1. exemption, dispensation (permission to forgo some requirement that would normally apply)

   Du behöver inte borsta tänderna ikväll om tandborsten är borta. Du får dispens.

   You don't have to brush your teeth tonight if the toothbrush is gone. I'll give you an exemption.

More everyday-sounding compared to English.

• dispens in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• dispens in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• dispens in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)