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excession

excession noun: an act or state of exceeding something; excess.

Noun

excession (countable and uncountable, plural excessions)

  1. An act or state of exceeding something; excess.
    • In the light of the considerations raised in those chapters, could not the following question be posed: in a world of dates, all of which exceed mourning, are there not dates that exceed even this excession?2012, James Hatley, Suffering Witness, page 175

Forms of excession

pluralexcessions

Questions about excession

What does excession mean?
Excession means an act or state of exceeding something; excess.
What part of speech is excession?
Excession is a noun.
What is the plural of excession?
The plural of excession is excessions.

Words near excession in the dictionary

  1. excess return
  2. excess returns
  3. excessed
  4. excesses
  5. excessing
  6. excession
  7. excessions
  8. excessive
  9. excessive number
  10. excessive numbers
  11. excessively

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