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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The author may, of course, add a quotation from his writings, or a sentiment, if so disposed; but this must be considered as a work of supererogation, and an exceptional manifestation of courtesy.
From Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Brown, E. E.
To these controversies belong his Pierces supererogation, Lond.
From A History of English Poetry: an Unpublished Continuation by Warton, Thomas
Every man feels that he is bigger than his job, and he is all the time doing what theologians call 'works of supererogation.'
From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Addams, Jane
A new work on the subject of Mary Queen of Scots runs an eminent risk of being considered a work of supererogation.
From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) by Bell, Henry Glassford