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View synonyms for supererogation
supererogation
/ ˌsuːpərˌɛrəˈɡeɪʃən /
noun
- the performance of work in excess of that required
- RC Church supererogatory prayers, devotions, etc
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I was free to immortalize them; and my fiddling was thenceforth a work of supererogation.
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Otherwise they would not emphasize free will, natural strength, the works of supererogation, etc.
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It really is a little bit too cheap, a work of supererogation in the matter of hypocrisy.
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If the squire undertook by way of supererogation to justify his position he appealed to tradition and experience.
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The first of these was in itself so fatal that it is almost a work of supererogation to state the others.
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