Repetition of same sense in different words:
— `a true fact' and `a free gift' are pleonastic expressions.

synonyms: redundant, tautologic, tautological.

Roget 573: diffuse, profuse; wordy, verbose, largiloquent^†, copious, exuberant, pleonastic, lengthy; longsome^†, long-winded, longspun^†, long drawn out; spun out, protracted, prolix, prosing, maundering; circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious^†, roundabout; digressive; discursive, excursive; loose; rambling episodic; flatulent, frothy.    ... show more

Roget 104: repeated etc. v.; repetitional^†, repetitionary^†; recurrent, recurring; ever recurring, thick coming; frequent, incessant; redundant, pleonastic.    monotonous, harping, iterative, recursive [Comp.], unvaried; mocking, chiming; retold; aforesaid, aforenamed^†; above-mentioned, above-said; habitual etc. 613; another.    ... show more

Polish: tautologiczny