That which is dispensed, dealt out, or given; that which is bestowed on someone
In the Roman Catholic Church, an exemption from some ecclesiastical law, or from an obligation to God which a person has incurred of his own free will (oaths, vows, etc.).
The act of dispensing or dealing out; distribution
A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy
The distribution of good and evil by God to man.
The relaxation of a law in a particular case; permission to do something forbidden, or to omit doing something enjoined; exemption.
A holder of a franchise; a person who is granted a franchise.