noun

• The state of being redundant
• A superfluity; something redundant or excessive; a needless repetition in language
• Duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components.
• Duplication of parts of a message to guard against transmission errors.
• (chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand) The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary; the dismissal of such an employee; a layoff.
• (law) surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.