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SUPEREROGATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does supererogation mean?
• SUPEREROGATION (noun)
The noun SUPEREROGATION has 1 sense:
1. an effort above and beyond the call of duty
Familiarity information: SUPEREROGATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An effort above and beyond the call of duty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("supererogation" is a kind of...):
effort; elbow grease; exertion; sweat; travail (use of physical or mental energy; hard work)
Context examples
After premising thus much, it would be a work of supererogation to add, that dust and ashes are for ever scattered
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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