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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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