excess


excess (http://definr.com/excess)

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