gratuitous
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From Latin gratuitus (“free”), from Latin gratia (“favor”), gratus (“showing favor”)
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gratuitous (comparative more gratuitous, superlative most gratuitous)
- Given freely; unearned.
- Not called for by the circumstances; uncalled-for; without reason, cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good ground; unjustified.
- gratuitous violence
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given freely
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not called for by the circumstances
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[edit] External links
- gratuitous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- gratuitous in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
