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Excess

Excess Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Excess? [n] excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence" [n] immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits [n] a quantity much larger than is needed [n] the state of being more than full [adj] more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Excess: excessiveness \| extra \| inordinateness \| overabundance \| overindulgence \| redundant \| spare \| supererogatory \| superfluous \| supernumerary \| surfeit \| surplus \| surplus \| surplusage \| unnecessary \| unneeded Related Terms \| Find terms related to Excess: aggrandizement \| amplification \| ballyhoo \| big talk \| blowing up \| burlesque \| caricature \| crapulence \| crapulency \| crapulousness \| de trop \| debauchery \| dilatation \| dilation \| disentitlement \| dispensable \| dissipation \| dissoluteness \| drunkenness \| empty claim \| empty title \| enhancement \| enlargement \| exaggerating \| exaggeration \| excessive \| excessiveness \| exorbitance \| exorbitancy \| expansion \| expendable \| expletive \| extortionateness \| extra \| extravagance \| extreme \| false claim \| fat \| glut \| gluttony \| grandiloquence \| gratuitous \| heightening \| huckstering \| hyperbole \| hyperbolism \| immoderacy \| immoderateness \| immoderation \| impropriety \| in excess \| inappropriateness \| incontinence \| indiscipline \| indulgence \| inflation \| inordinacy \| inordinateness \| intemperance \| intemperateness \| inundation \| invalid claim \| lack of claim \| leftover \| leftovers \| magnification \| needless \| nimiety \| no claim \| nonessential \| outrageousness \| overabundance \| overage \| overbalance \| overdoing \| overemphasis \| overestimation \| overflow \| overflowing \| overgrowth \| overindulgence \| overkill \| overmeasure \| overmuch \| overpass \| overplus \| overproduction \| overrun \| overrunning \| overspill \| overspreading \| overstatement \| overstock \| oversupply \| pleonastic \| plethora \| plus \| preposterousness \| prodigality \| profuseness \| profusion \| prolix \| puffery \| puffing up \| redundancy \| redundant \| remaining \| residual \| Saturnalia \| self-indulgence \| self-restraint \| sensationalism \| spare \| stretching \| superabundance \| supererogation \| supererogatory \| superfluity \| superfluous \| superiority \| superlative \| supernumerary \| surfeit \| surplus \| surplusage \| swinishness \| tall talk \| tautologic \| tautologous \| to spare \| too much \| too-muchness \| touting \| travesty \| uncalled-for \| unconscionableness \| unconstraint \| uncontrol \| undeservedness \| undeservingness \| undueness \| unentitledness \| unessential \| unmeritedness \| unnecessary \| unneeded \| unreasonableness \| unrestraint \| verbose See Also \| embarrassment \| exorbitance \| fullness \| humoring \| immoderateness \| immoderation \| indulgence \| indulging \| nimiety \| outrageousness \| overabundance \| overmuch \| overmuchness \| overplus \| pampering \| plethora \| superabundance \| superfluity Excess In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*cess"\, n. [OE. exces, excess, ecstasy, L. excessus a going out, loss of self-possession, fr. excedere, excessum, to go out, go beyond: cf. F. exc[`e]s. See {Exceed}.] 1. The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, . . . Is wasteful and ridiculous excess. --Shak. That kills me with excess of grief, this with excess of joy. --Walsh. 2. An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation. Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess. --Eph. v. 18. Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches blame. --Milton. 3. The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other. {Spherical excess} (Geom.), the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.

Excess Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Excess?

[n] excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence"
[n] immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
[n] a quantity much larger than is needed
[n] the state of being more than full
[adj] more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"

Excess In Webster's Dictionary

\Ex*cess"\, n. [OE. exces, excess, ecstasy, L. excessus a
going out, loss of self-possession, fr. excedere, excessum,
to go out, go beyond: cf. F. exc[`e]s. See {Exceed}.]
1. The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being
   of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that
   which exceeds what is usual or prover; immoderateness;
   superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess
   of provisions or of light.

         To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a
         perfume on the violet, . . . Is wasteful and
         ridiculous excess.                    --Shak.

         That kills me with excess of grief, this with excess
         of joy.                               --Walsh.

2. An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of
   proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance;
   dissipation.

         Be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess. --Eph. v.
                                               18.

         Thy desire . . . leads to no excess That reaches
         blame.                                --Milton.

3. The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds
   another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers
   is the excess of one over the other.

{Spherical excess} (Geom.), the amount by which the sum of
   the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right
   angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area
   of the triangle.

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