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Meaning of excess


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  excess
      adj 1: 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" [syn: {excess}, {extra}, {redundant}, {spare},
             {supererogatory}, {superfluous}, {supernumerary},
             {surplus}]
      n 1: a quantity much larger than is needed [syn: {excess},
           {surplus}, {surplusage}, {nimiety}]
      2: immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or
         permitted limits [syn: {excess}, {excessiveness},
         {inordinateness}]
      3: the state of being more than full [syn: {surfeit}, {excess},
         {overabundance}]
      4: excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by
         overindulgence" [syn: {overindulgence}, {excess}]


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