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dispenser

to exempt

verb dee-spahn-SEH Rare

Origin: from Latin 'dispensare', to distribute

Also means

to provide, to give out

Usage Note

Dispenser quelqu'un de quelque chose means to excuse or exempt someone from an obligation. In medical or educational contexts it also means to provide or administer (care, lessons). Se dispenser de is a common reflexive construction meaning 'to spare oneself from' or 'to skip'.

Examples

"Le médecin l'a dispensé de sport pendant un mois."

Natural Translation

The doctor excused him from sport for a month.

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