GRATUITOUS

gratuitous (gr<<schwa>>-tyoo-<<schwa>>-t<<schwa>>s), adj.1. Done or performed without

obligation to do so; given without consideration in circumstances that do not otherwise impose a

duty <gratuitous promise>. Cf. ONEROUS(3).2. Done unnecessarily <gratuitous obscenities>. —

gratuity,n. [Blacks Law 8^th]