gratuitous

  • 11gratuitous — Given or granted without valuable or legal consideration. A term applied to deeds of conveyance and to bailments and other contracts. In old English law, voluntary; without force, fear, or favor. As to gratuitous bailment gratuitous contract… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 12gratuitous — adjective Etymology: Latin gratuitus, from gratus Date: 1656 1. a. given unearned or without recompense b. not involving a return benefit, compensation, or consideration c. costing nothing ; free 2. not called for by the circumstances ;… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 13gratuitous — gratuitously, adv. gratuitousness, n. /greuh tooh i teuhs, tyooh /, adj. 1. given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary. 2. being without apparent reason, cause, or justification: a gratuitous insult. 3. Law.… …

    Universalium

  • 14gratuitous — adj. Gratuitous is used with these nouns: ↑sex, ↑violence …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 15gratuitous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. baseless, uncalled for, unwarranted; free, gratis. See nonpayment, supposition. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Voluntary] Syn. for nothing, gratis, complimentary; see free 4 . 2. [Uncalled for] Syn.… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 16gratuitous — gra|tu|i|tous [grəˈtju:ıtəs US ˈtu: ] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: gratuitus, from gratus; GRATEFUL] said or done without a good reason, in a way that offends someone = ↑unnecessary ▪ children s books which include gratuitous violence… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17gratuitous — gra|tu|i|tous [ grə tuıtəs ] adjective done or shown without any good reason: There s too much gratuitous violence in the movie. ╾ gra|tu|i|tous|ly adverb ╾ gra|tu|i|tous|ness noun uncount …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 18gratuitous — [grə tju:ɪtəs] adjective 1》 done without good reason: gratuitous violence. 2》 free of charge. Derivatives gratuitously adverb gratuitousness noun Origin C17: from L. gratuitus given freely, spontaneous + ous …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 19gratuitous — adjective gratuitous violence/insults/cruelty etc violence etc that is done for no reason and causes unnecessary harm or offence gratuitously adverb gratuitousness noun (U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20gratuitous — adjective there was one moment of nudity in the movie, and it was ridiculously gratuitous Syn: unjustified, uncalled for, unwarranted, unprovoked, undue; indefensible, unjustifiable; needless, unnecessary, inessential, unmerited, groundless,… …

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