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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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 Howe, Julia Ward
I will give the reader an instance of a work of supererogation, in which he will at least be at a loss to discover any "impiety."
From Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith by Beste, Henry Digby
That no one had done so was probably due in most part to an impression that to carry such information were work of supererogation....
From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Vance, Louis Joseph
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