Redundance

//ɹɪˈdʌndəns// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Redundancy. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "Phlebotomy, many times neglected, may do much harm to the body, when there is a manifest redundance of bad humours and melancholy blood […]"

  2. 2
    the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded wordnet

Synonyms

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duplicationembellishmentexpletiveextravagancefatfeatherbedding

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"Phlebotomy, many times neglected, may do much harm to the body, when there is a manifest redundance of bad humours and melancholy blood […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin redundantia.

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