Adjective gratuitous has 3 senses
  1. gratuitous - without cause; "a gratuitous insult"
    Antonym:
    merited (indirect, via unmerited)
  2. complimentary, costless, free, gratis, gratuitous - costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"
    Antonym: paid (indirect, via unpaid)
  3. gratuitous, needless, uncalled-for - unnecessary and unwarranted; "a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life"
    Antonym: necessary (indirect, via unnecessary)
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