Redundance

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Redundance \Re*dun"dance\ (r?*d?n"dans), Redundancy
  \Re*dun"dan*cy\ (-dan*s?), n. [L. redundantia: cf. F.
     redondance.]
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     1. The quality or state of being redundant; superfluity;
        superabundance; excess.


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     2. That which is redundant or in excess; anything superfluous
        or superabundant.
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              Labor . . . throws off redundacies.   --Addison.
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     3. (Law) Surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be
        rejected by the court without impairing the validity of
        what remains.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  redundance
       n : the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded; "the use of
           industrial robots created redundancy among workers" [syn:
            {redundancy}]