different between supererogation vs supererogatory

English

Etymology

From Late Latin super?rog?ti? (“payment in addition”), from super?rog?re (“to pay in addition”), from super (“in addition to”) + ?rog?re (“I pay, pay out, expend, disburse”), equivalent to supererogate +? -ion.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s(j)u?p???????e??(?)n/
• Hyphenation: su?per?e?ro?ga?tion

Noun

supererogation (countable and uncountable, plural supererogations)

1. An act of doing more than is required.
2. (philosophy) An action that is neither morally forbidden nor required, but has moral value.

Derived terms

• supererogate
• supererogatorily
• supererogatory

Related terms

• erogate
• erogation

English

Etymology

From Latin super?rog?t?rius (“supererogatory”), from super?rog?ti? (“payment in addition”), from super?rog? (“pay out over and above”), from super (“above”) + ?rog? (“pay out, expend”); from ex (“out of, from”) + rog? (“ask; request”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su?p????????t??i/

Adjective

supererogatory (comparative more supererogatory, superlative most supererogatory)

1. Pertaining to supererogation; doing more than is required, especially with reference to good works in Roman Catholicism
   • 1886, Henry James, The Bostonians.

     They passed into the ancient shipyard which lay beyond, and which was now a mere vague, grass-grown approach to the waterside, bestrewn with a few remnants of supererogatory timber.

   • 2002,David Heyd: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

     It is, for example, not clear whether “love thy enemy” is a precept or a supererogatory counsel.

Derived terms

• supererogatorily

Related terms

• supererogate
• supererogation

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