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Supererogation

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Doing more than is required.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity requires.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The act of one who supererogates; performance of more than duty requires.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an effort above and beyond the call of duty

Word Usage

"Unlike the concepts of justice and duty, which have deep roots in both ordinary language and everyday moral judgment, the idea of supererogation is only tenuously anchored in common moral discourse and the concept itself is a theoretical construct."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

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Cross Reference

works of supererogation

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