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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 111 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SUPERANNUATION (formed on the basis of " See also:annual," " See also:annuity," from the See also:Late See also:Lat. superannatus, one that has lived beyond the See also:year, super, above, and annus, year, Fr. suranner, to grow very old)  , properly a disqualification or See also:relief from See also:office or service on See also:account of old See also:age, infirmity, or of passing the limit of age fixed for service, hence the See also:pension or See also:allowance granted in respect of service at the expiry of the See also:term or the retirement (see PENSION) . Educationally the term is specifically used of the removal of a backward See also:pupil, who would otherwise remain in a class or See also:form below that which his age demands .

End of Article: SUPERANNUATION (formed on the basis of " annual," " annuity," from the Late Lat. superannatus, one that has lived beyond the year, super, above, and annus, year, Fr. suranner, to grow very old)
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