noun. The quality or condition of being gratuitous.

noun. The state or characteristic of being gratuitous.

"Perhaps the most remarkable proposition in Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical letter Caritas in Veritate, therefore, is the controversial assertion that gratuity-or as the official English translation frequently reads, "gratuitousness" - is essential to economic life."

airlessness  baselessness  bunkum  captivation  crassness  

needlessness  unnecessariness