To dispense with

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	To permit the neglect or omission of, as a form, a ceremony, an oath; to suspend the operation of, as a law; to give up, release, or do without, as services, attention, etc.; to forego; to part with
	To allow by dispensation; to excuse; to exempt; to grant dispensation to or for.
	To break or go back from, as one's word. - Milton.

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My children," said the Oldest and Wisest Ape in All the World, when he had heard the Deputation, "you did right in ridding yourselves of tyranny, but your tribe is not sufficiently advanced to dispense with the forms of monarchy.

Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

That is all very well," said one of the older foxes; "but I do not think you would have recommended us to dispense with our chief ornament if you had not happened to lose it yourself.

Fables by Aesop View in context

It was necessary to rewrite them or to dispense with them.

Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context

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