ex gratia

1. 1.

   as a favor; not compelled by legal right

   “ex gratia payments made to nonstriking workers”

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Questions about ex gratia

What does ex gratia mean?

ex gratia means "as a favor; not compelled by legal right".

Is ex gratia a common word?

ex gratia is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.