From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Redundance \Re*dun"dance\ (r?*d?n"dans), Redundancy \Re*dun"dan*cy\ (-dan*s?), noun [L. redundantia: cf. F. redondance.]
1. The quality or state of being redundant; superfluity; superabundance; excess.
2. That which is redundant or in excess; anything superfluous or superabundant.
Labor . . . throws off redundacies. --Addison.
3. (Law) Surplusage inserted in a pleading which may be rejected by the court without impairing the validity of what remains.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded; "the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers" [syn: {redundancy}]
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