English → Latin
“dispense with” in Latin
dīmittōto send away, send forth, send off, dismiss, let go; to renounce, give up, abandon, forego, forsake; to pardon, forgive,soleōto be accustomed, used to, in the habit ofexsolvōto unloose, release, free; to unbind, untie, undo; to renounce, abandon, relinquish, leave behindnēmōnobody, no one, no manlēxthe legal machinery of a state, the law; a law, statute, bill; the laws regarded as a body, the constitution
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dispense with
To excuse, dimittere: solvere, exsolvere, liberare aliquem aliqua re (to exempt anybody from anything). Their attendance is usually dispensed with, paene liberum est, non adesse: is not to be dispensed with on any account, nemini, quominus adesset, satis justa excusatio videbitur (visa est, etc.). To dispense with a law in favor of anybody, lege or legibus aliquem solvere, ut liceat, etc. (e.g., they deliberated whether they should dispense with the laws that prevented Scipio’s being consul, deliberant, solvantne legibus Scipionem, ut liceat eum consulem fieri. Auct. ad Herenn., 3, 2, 2): to be able to dispense with anybody or his services, (facile) carere posse aliqua re or alicujus opera: non desiderare aliquid (not to miss anything): not to be able to dispense with anything, egere aliqua re (= to be in want of) sine aliqua re omnino esse non posse (not to be able to do or be without it at all): anything that one cannot dispense with, necessarius.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dispense with?
- The usual Latin words for “dispense with” are dīmittō, soleō, exsolvō; also nēmō, lēx. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.