Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality or condition of being gratuitous.
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- noun The state or characteristic of being
gratuitous .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Perhaps the most remarkable proposition in Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical letter Caritas in Veritate, therefore, is the controversial assertion that gratuity-or as the official English translation frequently reads, "gratuitousness" - is essential to economic life.
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I am trying to grasp specifically what the Pope means by "gratuitousness", which I see appears 12 times in one form or another in #6, 34, 36, 38, 39.
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Also, surely, we should be allowed to express our sincerely held views without them needing to pass a test of "gratuitousness"?
Does being non-Muslim entail holding blasphemous beliefs? (Part Two) James 2007
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Also, surely, we should be allowed to express our sincerely held views without them needing to pass a test of "gratuitousness"?
Archive 2007-11-01 James 2007
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Moving on to the "coded" theology, this concerns chiefly the idea of gift or gratuitousness (34; 37; 39).
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Extreme violence that crossed over into gratuitousness regularly, what with the repeated cleaver to the head and bodies exploding into bloody mist.
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December's gratuitousness was indeed enjoyable, but the blissful ignorance of overspending must be accounted for today.
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December's gratuitousness was indeed enjoyable, but the blissful ignorance of overspending must be accounted for today.
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There's good deal of action, violence and bloodshed, but Abnett never crosses the line into gratuitousness.
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And that is exactly what is most painful about Obama's elevation of Warren to "America's pastor:" the gratuitousness of it all.
Mr. Obama Disagrees 2010
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