excesses

NOUN

overabundance of something

Synonyms

STRONGEST

exuberance glut overkill surplus waste

STRONG

balance by-product enough exorbitance fat fulsomeness inundation lavishness leavings leftover luxuriance nimiety overflow overload overmuch overrun oversupply overweight plenty plethora profusion redundance redundancy refuse remainder residue rest spare superabundance supererogation superfluity surfeit wastefulness

WEAK

overdose recrement the limit too much too much of a good thing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

insufficiency lack need want

STRONG

base core few little scarcity

WEAK

dearth deficiency deprivation economy frugality moderation poverty privation shortcoming

NOUN

overindulgence in personal desires

Synonyms

STRONGEST

extravagance extreme

STRONG

debauchery dissipation dissoluteness exorbitance extremity immoderation indulgence inordinateness intemperance prodigality saturnalia self-indulgence unrestraint

WEAK

immoderacy overdoing

Antonyms

STRONG

unselfishness

WEAK

dearth deficiency deprivation economy frugality insufficiency lack moderation need poverty privation shortcoming want

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excesses

Yet its authority is not self-executing: It relies on lower courts to implement its decisions, extend their logic, and normalize the resulting excesses.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

The content law is a major weapon in the EU's bolstered armoury adopted in recent years to curb what Brussels describes as Big Tech's excesses.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

In recent years, prices of gold, silver and bitcoin had climbed as a kind of protest vote against fiscal excesses and the idea that central banks had become more tolerant of inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

And even as he was lauded in 2005 near the end of his tenure, he was obliquely warning of excesses he saw around him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

In the light of this, The Coronation of Poppea can be seen as a damning, deliberately shocking critique on corruption and the excesses of Roman power, and the pressing need for self-restraint.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall