Dictionary entry

Redundance

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Re‐dun″dance (rē̍‐dŭn″dans), Re‐dun″dan‐cy (–dan‐sy̆), } n. [L. redundantia: cf. F. redondance.]

1. The quality or state of being redundant; superfluity; superabundance; excess.

2. That which is redundant or in excess; anything superfluous or superabundant.

Labor... throws off redundacies. Addison.

3. (Law) Surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.