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gratuitous
(encz) | gratuitous,bezplatný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Gratuitous
(gcide) | Gratuitous \Gra*tu"i*tous\a. [L. gratuitus, from gratus
pleasing. See Grate, a., Gratis.]
1. Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred
without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or
without claim or merit; not required by justice.
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We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for
the fruits of our own industry. --L'Estrange.
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2. Not called for by the circumstances; without reason,
cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good
ground; as, a gratuitous assumption.
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Acts of gratuitous self-humiliation. --De Quincye.
-- Gra*tu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Gra*tu"i*tous*ness, n.
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gratuitous
(wn) | gratuitous
adj 1: without cause; "a gratuitous insult"
2: costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"
[syn: complimentary, costless, free, gratis(p),
gratuitous]
3: unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was
burned with needless loss of life" [syn: gratuitous,
needless, uncalled-for] |
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gratuitous
(encz) | gratuitous,bezplatný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
gratuitously
(encz) | gratuitously,bezplatně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
gratuitousness
(encz) | gratuitousness,svévolnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Gratuitously
(gcide) | Gratuitous \Gra*tu"i*tous\a. [L. gratuitus, from gratus
pleasing. See Grate, a., Gratis.]
1. Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred
without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or
without claim or merit; not required by justice.
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We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for
the fruits of our own industry. --L'Estrange.
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2. Not called for by the circumstances; without reason,
cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good
ground; as, a gratuitous assumption.
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Acts of gratuitous self-humiliation. --De Quincye.
-- Gra*tu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Gra*tu"i*tous*ness, n.
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Gratuitousness
(gcide) | Gratuitous \Gra*tu"i*tous\a. [L. gratuitus, from gratus
pleasing. See Grate, a., Gratis.]
1. Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred
without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or
without claim or merit; not required by justice.
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We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for
the fruits of our own industry. --L'Estrange.
[1913 Webster]
2. Not called for by the circumstances; without reason,
cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good
ground; as, a gratuitous assumption.
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Acts of gratuitous self-humiliation. --De Quincye.
-- Gra*tu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Gra*tu"i*tous*ness, n.
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gratuitous
(wn) | gratuitous
adj 1: without cause; "a gratuitous insult"
2: costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"
[syn: complimentary, costless, free, gratis(p),
gratuitous]
3: unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was
burned with needless loss of life" [syn: gratuitous,
needless, uncalled-for] |
gratuitously
(wn) | gratuitously
adv 1: in an uncalled-for manner; "he insulted us gratuitously" |
GRATUITOUS CONTRACT
(bouvier) | GRATUITOUS CONTRACT, civ. law. One, the object of which is for the benefit
of the person with whom it is made, without any profit, received or
promised, as a consideration for it as, for example, a gift. 1 Bouv. Inst.
n. 709.
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