Gratuitousness

Origin

gratuitous + -ness

Full definition of gratuitousness

Noun

1. The state or characteristic of being gratuitous.
• 1894, Thomas Hardy, Life's Little Ironies, ch. 1:It is beyond question that there are a few subtle-souled persons with whom the absolute gratuitousness of an act of reparation is an inducement to perform it; while exhortation as to its necessity would breed excuses for leaving it undone.

Synonyms

• needlessness, unnecessariness