| Front | supererogation \soo-per-eh-ruh-GAY-shun\ |
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| Back | noun The act of performing more than is required by duty, obligation, or need. ["Supererogation" has long had a special meaning within the Roman Catholic church for acts that are morally good but not required for salvation by God. Church doctrine holds that such good works make up a reserve fund of merit that can be drawn on by prayer in favour of sinners. In recent decades, "supererogation" has taken on another sense in philosophy, for a much-debated topic that refers to the nature of duty and to what extent moral actions can be optional.] "For the rest, the staging is an act of supererogation, a distraction from the grandeur of Gluck's opera." |
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