supererogatory

Example Sentences

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When I’m feeling especially Muslim, I stop by the mosque for a free plate of food, and the supererogatory Ramadan evening prayer called Taraweeh.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2020

For this, Johnson King introduced me to the term supererogatory, which describes moral acts that are “above and beyond” the call of duty.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2019

What can a director do with such supererogatory skimble-scamble?

From Time Magazine Archive

Culver Academy's reiterated aim is one that many an older school regards as supererogatory: to train the youth in self-control, stick-to-it-iveness, fair play, courage, self-restraint, etc. etc.

From Time Magazine Archive

This was represented as special grace and a great concession; but as the pardoning power is explicitly conferred on the President by the Constitution, the permission or authorization given by the act was entirely supererogatory.

From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various