Definition of excess
- n. - The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being
of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds
what is usual or prover; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance;
extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light.
- n. - An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of
proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.
- n. - The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds
another; remainder; as, the difference between two numbers is the
excess of one over the other.