(A) An act that is lacking in good reason or is unwarranted. (B) Something given or done that is voluntary or free of charge. Without valuable or legal consideration. A term applied to deeds of conveyance and to bailments and other contracts. In old English law. Voluntary; without force, fear, or favor. Bract, fols. 11, 17. As to gratuitous “Bailment,” “Contract,” and “Deposit,” see those titles.