gratuitousness
English
Etymology
gratuitous + -ness
Noun
gratuitousness (uncountable)
- The state or characteristic of being gratuitous.
- 1894, Thomas Hardy, chapter 1, in Life's Little Ironies:
- [I]t is beyond question that there are a few subtle-souled persons with whom the absolute gratuitousness of an act of reparation is an inducement to perform it; while exhortation as to its necessity would breed excuses for leaving it undone.
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Synonyms
- needlessness, unnecessariness