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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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
If others are unlike us, we feel it as a presumption and an impertinence to usurp their place; if they are like us, it seems a work of supererogation.
From Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There by Hazlitt, William
“Why don’t you get yer numbers painted over again, then?” grunted the voice, which seemed to consider an apology as a work of supererogation.
From A Little World by Fenn, George Manville
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.