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
The honest impressions of each man substantiate these assertions so clearly that all argument on the subject would be as great a work of supererogation as that of carrying shade to a forest.
From Papers from Overlook-House by Almore, Casper
“An effort to corrupt Billy Sunday,” to use a paraphrase, “would be a work of supererogation, besides being immoral.”
From The Invisible Censor by Hackett, Francis
He was not pharasaical enough to imagine that he had performed any works of supererogation.
From Discussion on American Slavery by Breckinridge, Rev. Robert J.