excess

noun excesses

1. countable, uncountable The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper. The excess of heavy water was given away to the neighbouring country.

   Similar: overage, superabundance, surplus · Opposite: deficiency, lack, shortage

2. countable, uncountable The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder. The difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.
3. countable, uncountable An act of eating or drinking more than enough. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess.
4. countable, uncountable Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.
5. UK, countable, uncountable A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim.

   Similar: deductible

Similar: abundance, acrasia, acrasy, excess, fat, excessiveness, exuberance, copiousness, fecundity, fertileness, fertility, fruitfulness, fulth, glut, plus, immoderation, incontinence, intemperance, mountain, nimiety, overabundance, overage, overflow, overplus, overquantity, oversum, plenteousness, plentifulness, plenty, plethora · Opposite: deficiency, lack

adjective

1. not comparable More than is normal, necessary or specified.

   Similar: offcut, surplus

verb excesses · excessing · excessed

1. US, transitive To declare (an employee) surplus to requirements, such that he or she might not be given work. In 2006, I was excessed because my program had to make a few cuts and a new, inexperienced supervisor decided that he couldn’t handle a knowledgeable older teacher so he removed me.