What does pleonasm mean?
The use of more words than necessary to express a thought or idea; redundancy of expression. In rhetoric, the use of more words than are necessary to convey a meaning.
Example
"The phrase 'free gift' is an example of pleonasm, as 'gift' already implies that it is free."
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