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The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity requires.

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  1. n. The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity requires.
  2. n. an effort above and beyond the call of duty
  3. The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty or necessity requires. Works of supererogation (R. C. Ch.), those good deeds believed to have been performed by saints, or capable of being performed by men, over and above what is required for their own salvation.
  4. The act of supererogating; performance of more than duty ornecessity requires. Works of supererogation (R. C. Ch.), those gooddeeds believed to have been performed by saints, or capable of beingperformed by men, over and above what is required for their ownsalvation.
  5. n. an effort above and beyond the call of duty