What is the meaning of excess?

noun

• A quantity much larger than is needed.
  • synonyms: surplus, surplusage, nimiety
• Immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits.
  • synonyms: excessiveness, inordinateness
• The state of being more than full.
  • synonyms: surfeit, overabundance
• Excessive indulgence.
  • usage: "the child was spoiled by overindulgence"
  • synonyms: overindulgence

adjective

• More than is needed, desired, or required.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: extra, redundant, spare, supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus