gratuitousnessn.
/ɡrəˈtjuːɪtəsnɪs/ The quality or state of being gratuitous.
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society > trade and finance > charges > freedom from charge > [noun]
gratuitousness1727
costlessness1844
uncost1868
society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > condition of being undue or unwarrantable > gratuitousness
gratuitousness1845
gratuity1858
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Gratuitousness, free Bestowment, without Expectation of Reward or Recompence.
1845 H. Rogers Ess. I. iii. 139 The perfect gratuitousness of salvation.
1852 H. Rogers Ess. I. vii. 363 We can hardly excuse the perfect gratuitousness of his hypotheses.
1879 M. Pattison Milton xiii. 190 Here it is not..so much the unnatural character of the incident itself, as its gratuitousness which offends.
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