gratuitous

gratuitous has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• a.. Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice.
• a.. Not called for by the circumstances; without reason, cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good ground; as, a gratuitous assumption.
• a.. without cause; "a gratuitous insult"
• a.. unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"
• a.. costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"