supererogation
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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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Black Mazzard did what was a work of supererogation as he encountered Bart’s eye—he scowled, his face being villainous enough without.
From Commodore Junk by George Manville Fenn
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 George Manville Fenn
To "prove" the "equation of exchange," however, is, first, a work of supererogation, and, second, in no sense a proof of the quantity theory.
From The Value of Money by Benjamin M. Anderson
This rule has been rigorously adhered to by the Administration for twenty years past, and in some instances, a tolerable ignorance of English has been added, as a merit of supererogation.
From A Trip to Cuba by Julia Ward Howe
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