redundancy

  1. Noun.  The state of being redundant; a superfluity; something redundant or excessive; a needless repetition in language; excessive wordiness.
  2. Noun.  Duplication of components or circuits to provide survival of the total system in case of failure of single components.
  3. Noun.  Duplication of parts of a message to guard against transmission errors.
  4. Noun.  (chiefly, British) The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary; the dismissal of such an employee; a layoff.

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