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1. A quantity much larger than is needed
   - surplus, surplusage, nimiety
    
2. Immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
   - excessiveness, inordinateness
    
3. The state of being more than full
   - surfeit, overabundance
    
4. Excessive indulgence
   "the child was spoiled by excess";
   - overindulgence

1. More than is needed, desired, or required
   "trying to lose excess weight";
   - extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus

Derived forms: excesses

See also: unnecessary, unneeded

Type of: fullness, fulness, humoring [US], humouring [Brit, Cdn], immoderateness, immoderation, indulgence, indulging, overabundance, overmuch, overmuchness, pampering, superabundance

Encyclopedia: Excess