## Meanings
1. An amount that is more than is needed or allowed.
2. More than is needed or required; extra.
3. Behaviour that goes beyond reasonable limits, especially in eating or drinking.

## Examples
- He tried to lose the excess weight he had gained over winter.
- You may have to pay a fee for excess baggage at the airport.
- After a week of excess on holiday, she went back to a healthy routine.

## Synonyms
- abundance
- acrasia
- acrasy
- copiousness
- excessiveness
- exuberance
- fecundity
- fertileness
- fertility
- fruitfulness
- fulth
- glut

## Antonyms
- deficiency
- lack

## Derived Forms
- sexcess

## Related Forms
- abundant
- bonanza
- cornucopia
- exceed
- excessive
- extravagance
- inundation
- slew

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: exces
- Root: excessus

## Etymology
From Middle English exces (“excess, ecstasy”), from Old French exces, from Latin excessus (“a going out, loss of self-possession”), from excedere, excessum (“to go out, go beyond”). See exceed.

## AI Etymology
Excess comes from Middle English exces (“excess, ecstasy”), from Old French exces, from Latin excessus (“a going out, loss of self-possession”), from excedere, excessum (“to go out, go beyond”). See exceed. In current use, the main senses are “An amount that is more than is needed or allowed” and “More than is needed or required; extra”.

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- Numbers & Quantity

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