redundancy

redundancy is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.That which is redundant or in excess; anything superfluous or superabundant. Labor . . . throws off redundacies. Addison.
  2. 2.(Law) Surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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