'Excessiveness' definitions:

Definition of 'excessiveness'

From: WordNet
noun
Immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits [syn: excess, excessiveness, inordinateness]

Definition of 'Excessiveness'

From: GCIDE
  • Excessive \Ex*cess"ive\ ([e^]k*s[e^]s"[i^]v), a. [Cf. F. excessif.] Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch. [1913 Webster]
  • Excessive grief [is] the enemy to the living. --Shak.
  • Syn: Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous; immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See Enormous --Ex*cess*ive*ly, adv. -{Ex*cess"ive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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