- 1. a. Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice. Source: opted
- 2. a. Not called for by the circumstances; without reason, cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good ground; as, a gratuitous assumption. Source: opted
- 3. adj. without cause Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. costing nothing Source: wordnet
- 5. adj. unnecessary and unwarranted Source: wordnet
- 6. 1. Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice. We mistake the gratuitous blessings of Heaven for the fruits of our own industry. L'Estrange. 2. Not called for by the circumstances; without reason, cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good ground; as, a gratuitous assumption. Acts of gratuitous self-humiliation. De Quincye. -- Gra*tu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Gra*tu"i*tous*ness, n. Source: webster
- 7. j:100 s. without cause s. unnecessary and unwarranted Source: ecdict
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