( a. )
Not called for by the circumstances; without reason, cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good ground; as, a gratuitous assumption.
( a. )
Not called for by the circumstances; without reason, cause, or proof; adopted or asserted without any good ground; as, a gratuitous assumption.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012