Redundancy

Redundancy
Redundance Re*dun"dance (r?*d?n"dans), Redundancy Re*dun"dan*cy (-dan*s?), n. [L. redundantia: cf. F. redondance.] [1913 Webster] 1. The quality or state of being redundant; superfluity; superabundance; excess. [1913 Webster]

2. That which is redundant or in excess; anything superfluous or superabundant. [1913 Webster]

Labor . . . throws off redundacies. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

3. (Law) Surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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