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excesses

Main Entry:: ¹ex·cess
Pronunciation:: \ik-ˈses, ˈek-ˌ\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Late Latin; Anglo-French exces, from Late Latin excessus, from Latin, departure, projection, from excedere to exceed
Date:: 14th century

1 a: the state or an instance of surpassing usual, proper, or specified limits : superfluity b: the amount or degree by which one thing or quantity exceeds another <an excess of 10 bushels>2: undue or immoderate indulgence : intemperance ; also : an act or instance of intemperance <prevent excesses and abuses by newly created local powers — Albert Shanker>

— in excess of

: to an amount or degree beyond : over

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