redundance
More than needed
Redundance is a rare variant of redundancy—the state of being superfluous or exceeding what is necessary.
Both words work, but redundancy dominates in modern usage.
You might encounter redundance in older texts or technical writing aiming for a slightly archaic tone.
Excessive amount beyond necessity
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
- superfluousExceeding what suffices
- surplus to requirementsExceeding what is needed
- wasteUnwanted discarded material
duplication · overlap · bloat · padding · filler · deadwood · inefficiency · overstaffing
Redundant or circular statement
- verbosityUnnecessary word excess
- wordinessExcessive use of language
- prolixityTedious lengthiness in speech
- reiterationSaying something again
restatement · duplication · repetitiousness · padding · circumlocution · double meaning · echo
Termination without cause
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- workforce reductionCutting employee headcount
- retrenchmentReduction of expenditures
termination · outplacement · restructuring · notice period · pink slip · career transition · displaced · job loss
Automatic backup system activation
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
- mirroringReproducing an image identically
- fault toleranceSystem continues despite failures
- RAIDDisk virtualization technology
disaster recovery · backup power · standby · load balancing · clustering · resilience · continuity · failsafe
superfluity
Excessive amount beyond necessity
- surplusAmount exceeding requirement
- superfluousExceeding what suffices
- surplus to requirementsExceeding what is needed
waste · duplication · overlap · bloat · padding · filler · deadwood · inefficiency · overstaffing · overcapacity
tautology
Redundant or circular statement
- verbosityUnnecessary word excess
- wordinessExcessive use of language
- prolixityTedious lengthiness in speech
reiteration · restatement · duplication · repetitiousness · padding · circumlocution · double meaning · echo
layoff
Termination without cause
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
- workforce reductionCutting employee headcount
retrenchment · termination · outplacement · restructuring · notice period · pink slip · career transition · displaced · job loss · selection criteria
failover
Automatic backup system activation
- replicationAct of duplicating precisely
- mirroringReproducing an image identically
- fault toleranceSystem continues despite failures
RAID · disaster recovery · backup power · standby · load balancing · clustering · resilience · continuity · failsafe · secondary
redundanceconciseness
Quality of being brief
terseness · brevity · concision · succinctness · pithiness
redundancenecessity
Indispensable requirement
essentiality · indispensability · criticality · essentialness · necessity
redundancenecessity
Indispensable requirement
essentiality · indispensability · necessity · essentialness · usefulness
- made redundantDismissed as unnecessary
- redundancy packageCompensation for terminated employees
- redundancy payPayment after workforce reduction
- redundant phrase
- redundancy noticeEmployer's workforce reduction letter
- redundancy paymentsCompensation for dismissed workers