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Noun excess has 4 senses
- excess, surplus, surplusage, nimiety - a quantity much larger than is needed
--1 is a kind of overabundance, overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance
- excess, excessiveness, inordinateness - immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
--2 is a kind of immoderation, immoderateness
--2 has particulars:
- surfeit, excess, overabundance - the state of being more than full
--3 is a kind of fullness
- overindulgence, excess - excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence"
--4 is a kind of indulgence, indulging, pampering, humoring
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