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2. impartiality, neutrality, disinterestedness, dispassionateness.

dispassionate, adj. 1. calm, composed, collected, self-possessed, cool, Inf. cool as a cucumber, Inf. together; unemotional, unexcitable, unflappable, imperturbable, even-tempered, easygoing; poised, balanced, steady, self-controlled; nonchalant, matter-of-fact, at ease, unruffled, unexcited, undisturbed, unperturbed, undismayed; placid, tranquil, serene, peaceful.
2. impartial, fair, just, equitable, objective, evenhanded, disinterested, neutral; straight, square, fair and square, square-dealing, plain-dealing, square-shooting, straight-shooting; unbiased, unprejudiced, unjaundiced, unprepossessed, open-minded.

dispatch, v. 1. dismiss, send off, send forth, send on one's way; release, let go, free, send away, give leave.
2. transmit, forward, consign, remit; send, post, mail, ship, freight, express.
3. kill, put to death, take the life of, execute, slay, do away with, slaughter; electrocute, gas, asphyxiate, shoot; put to the sword, do to death, finish, put an end to; hang, gibbet, string up, garrotte, crucify; behead, decapitate, guillotine, axe, bring to the block; murder, All SI. erase, rub out, blot out, knock off, 86, ice, hit, zap, do in, waste, take for a ride; All SI. gun down, get, fix, silence, take care of.
4. expedite, push through, Inf. ram through, SI. railroad; hurry, quicken, hasten, accelerate; dash off, Inf. zip off, dispose of, make short work of.
-n. 5. promptness, speed, quickness, haste, expedition, celerity, expeditiousness; swiftness, rapidity, fastness, hurry, hastiness, precipitance, quick riddance.
6. execution, killing, slaying; electrocution, gassing, asphyxiation, shooting, hanging, crucifixion, garrotting, decapitation, beheading.
7. missive, rejoinder, note, reply; letter, epistle, report, instruction; telegram, bulletin, flash; communique, communication, word, Brit, express.

dispel, v. scatter, disperse, spread out, scatter to the four winds; strew, bestrew, disseminate, overspread; dissipate, dissolve, diffuse, vanish, evanesce, disappear; disband, dismiss, demobilize, break up; rout, drive away, chase away, shoo, send running in all directions, send flying, drive off.

dispensable, adj. 1. not necessary, unnecessary, unessential, nonessential, needless, superfluous; useless, unrequired, uncalled-for, gratuitous; expendable, replaceable, disposable, throwaway, removable.
2. distributable, apportionable, allottable, divisible.

dispensation, n. 1. distribution, disbursement, apportionment, allocation, allotment, assignment, assignation; furnishing, accommodation, supplying, bestowal.
2. administration, management, direction, control; execution, regulation, operation, conduct; supervision, superintendence, oversight, charge, command; arrangement, system, order, disposal; organization, disposition, classification; administering, ministration, application, discharge; implementation, prosecution, effectuation.
3. doing away with, abolition, repeal, revocation, rescinding; cancellation, abrogation, nullification, annulment, Law. defeasance.
4. relaxation, loosening, slackening, lessening; exemption, release, exception, reprieve, discharge; remission, absolution, quittance; pardon, amnesty, acquittal, exoneration, clearance.

dispense, v. 1. deal out, distribute, disburse, apportion, allot, dole out; mete out, allocate, award, assign, detail; parcel out, divide, share, measure, Inf.