Translations for dispense in French

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"Well, I can't say I had much choice of going or not going, for I was taken to him between two guards. It is true also, that as I did not then know his Eminence, if I had been able to dispense with the visit, I should have been enchanted."	— Je dois dire que je n’avais pas le choix de m’y rendre ou de ne pas m’y rendre, car j’étais entre deux gardes. Il est vrai encore de dire que, comme alors je ne connaissais pas Son Éminence, si j’avais pu me dispenser de cette visite, j’en eusse été fort enchanté.
The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas	Les Trois Mousquetaires, de Alexandre Dumas