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 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
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
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 Fenn, George Manville
This, to speak of it forbearingly, may be safely catalogued among the works of supererogation.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old