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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Having no house, to spend money upon furniture was obviously a work of supererogation.
From A Knight on Wheels by Ian Hay
In the animal kingdom, a surreptitious and supposititious supererogation.
From The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. by Elbert Hubbard
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 Louis Joseph Vance
To attempt a sketch of the talents, genius, and virtues of Dr. Chalmers, would be a work of supererogation.
From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Henry B. Stanton