supererogation

NOUN

excess

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exuberance glut overkill surplus waste

STRONG

balance by-product enough exorbitance fat fulsomeness inundation lavishness leavings leftover luxuriance nimiety overflow overload overmuch overrun oversupply overweight plenty plethora profusion redundance redundancy refuse remainder residue rest spare superabundance superfluity surfeit wastefulness

WEAK

overdose recrement the limit too much too much of a good thing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

insufficiency lack need want

STRONG

base core few little scarcity

WEAK

dearth deficiency deprivation economy frugality moderation poverty privation shortcoming

NOUN

redundancy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attrition

STRONG

circumlocution overabundance periphrasis pleonasm profusion prolixity superabundance superfluity tautology verbiage verboseness verbosity

WEAK

copiosity macrology

Antonyms

STRONG

conciseness lack

NOUN

superfluousness

Synonyms

WEAK

balance by-product embarrassment enough excessiveness exorbitance extravagance extravagancy extravagantness exuberance fat fulsomeness glut inundation lavishness leavings leftover luxuriance nimiety overabundance overdose overflow overkill overload overmuch overrun oversupply overweight plenty plethora profusion recrement redundance redundancy refuse remainder residue rest spare superabundance superfluity surfeit surplus the limit too much too much of a good thing waste wastefulness

Example Sentences

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For any organization to have notified him of his nomination would have been supererogation.

From Time Magazine Archive

I regret, sir, that the matter should annoy you," he said, coldly, "but there is no question here of supererogation.

From The Alpine Fay A Romance by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)

Having no house, to spend money upon furniture was obviously a work of supererogation.

From A Knight on Wheels by Hay, Ian

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

This is such palpable nonsense that it would be a work of supererogation to prove its absurdity.

From Morals and the Evolution of Man by Nordau, Max Simon

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