Associations to the word «Supererogation»

Wiktionary

SUPEREROGATION, noun. Doing more than is required.

Dictionary definition

SUPEREROGATION, noun. An effort above and beyond the call of duty.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky