acte gra|tuit

acte gra|tuit
acte gra|tuit «akt gra TWEE»,
French. an act performed without reason or cause; a gratuitous act: »

The hero…behaves like a personification of Gide's acte gratuit (“an action motivated by nothing…born of itself”) (Time).


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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