REDUNDANCE

redundancy, redundance

(noun) the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded; “the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

redundance (countable and uncountable, plural redundances)

(now rare) Redundancy.

Phlebotomy, many times neglected, may do much harm to the body, when there is a manifest redundance of bad humours and melancholy blood […]

Source: Wiktionary


Re*dun"dance, Re*dun"dan*cy, n. Etym: [L. redundantia: cf. F. redondance.]

1. The quality or state of being redundant; superfluity; superabundance; excess.

2. That which is redundant or in excess; anything superfluous or superabundant. Labor . . . throws off redundacies. Addison.

3. (Law)

Definition: Surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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