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excess
Part of speech: NounAn undue amount; the amount by which one thing is more than another; surplus; intemperance.
Usage examples "excess":- The tendency countryward continued until the cities having been emptied of their excess of people, it was possible to make radical changes in their arrangements. - "Equality", Edward Bellamy.
- It takes the position that abuse of power, in relation to private rights or to commerce, is excess of power and hence demands to be shown the substantial effect of legislation, not its mere formal justification. - "John Marshall and the Constitution A Chronicle of the Supreme Court, Volume 16 In The Chronicles Of America Series", Edward S. Corwin.
- You hardly need to be assured that I too take a deep interest in the intellectual struggles of my countrymen, but an excess of business does not permit me to watch them closely. - "The Progressionists, and Angela.", Conrad von Bolanden.