supererogation
Example Sentences
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For any organization to have notified him of his nomination would have been supererogation.
From Time Magazine Archive
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A complete work of supererogation; for the next moment a voice speaking loudly made Charley shrink back, and press his crush-hat down over his eyes.
From By Birth a Lady by Fenn, George Manville
To these controversies belong his Pierces supererogation, Lond.
From A History of English Poetry: an Unpublished Continuation by Warton, Thomas
But, after what he had seen that night, he reflected that it was perhaps a work of supererogation to build a barrier between Judith and Throckmorton.
From Throckmorton by Seawell, Molly Elliot
Where, however, the money is money which they are glad to get in any case, the legal tender quality is a matter of supererogation.
From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.