excess
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Definitions
                    Adjective Satellite
                    
                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"
                
                    Noun
                    
                a quantity much larger than is needed
                
                    Noun
                    
                immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
                
                    Noun
                    
                the state of being more than full
                
                    Noun
                    
            excessive indulgence; "the child was spoiled by overindulgence"
                Synonyms
                    excessiveness
                    extra
                    inordinateness
                    nimiety
                    overabundance
                    overindulgence
                    redundant
                    spare
                    supererogatory
                    superfluous
                    supernumerary
                    surfeit
                    surplus
                    surplusage
            
            More General Terms
                    fullness
                    humoring
                    immoderateness
                    immoderation
                    indulgence
                    indulging
                    overabundance
                    overmuch
                    overmuchness
                    pampering
                    superabundance