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supererogation


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Supererogation  \Su`per*er`o*ga"tion\,  n.  [L.  supererogatio  a 
  payment  in  addition.] 
  The  act  of  supererogating;  performance  of  more  than  duty  or 
  necessity  requires. 
 
  {Works  of  supererogation}  (R.  C.  Ch.),  those  good  deeds 
  believed  to  have  been  performed  by  saints,  or  capable  of 
  being  performed  by  men,  over  and  above  what  is  required 
  for  their  own  salvation. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  supererogation 
  n  :  an  effort  above  and  beyond  the  call  of  duty 




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