platitude
noun
absence of meaning, banality, cliche, commonplace expression, commonplace idea, commonplace phrase, dearth of ideas, dull comment, flat saying, hackneyed expression, hackneyed idea, hackneyed phrase, hackneyed saying, inanity, insipid remark, meaningless saying, nonsense, reiteration, senseless prate, stale comment, stereotyped saying, threadbare phrase, trite expression, trite phrase, trite remark, trite saying, triviality, truism, vapid expression, want of originality
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006