ex gratia
as a favor rather than as a matter of right: ex gratia payments made to nonstriking workers.
Origin of ex gratia
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How to use ex gratia in a sentence
We were to fall on our swords as an ex gratia preemptive concession.
I fancy it would be thought “irregular:” though perhaps ex gratia, and from the oddity of the proposal, it might be conceded.
Bardell v. Pickwick | Percy FitzgeraldQuum ergo Deus pater nos elegit ex gratia sua, traxitque et vocavit, cur ad eum accedere non auderemus?
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Vol 2 | J. H. Merle D'Aubign
British Dictionary definitions for ex gratia
/ (ˈɡreɪʃə) /
given as a favour or gratuitously where no legal obligation exists: an ex gratia payment
Origin of ex gratia
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