Noun

(-)

Rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.

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Litter and discarded refuse.

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The ruins of a broken-down structure

(geology) Large rock fragments left by a melting glacier etc.

Noun

(es) (Spherical excess)

The state of surpassing or going beyond limits; the being of a measure beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; that which exceeds what is usual or proper; immoderateness; superfluity; superabundance; extravagance; as, an excess of provisions or of light.

* , King John , act 4, scene 2:

To gild refined gold, to paint the lily,

To throw a perfume on the violet, . . .

Is wasteful and ridiculous excess .

* , "Jealosy", in The Poetical Works of William Walsh (1797), page 19 (Google preview):

That kills me with excess' of grief, this with ' excess of joy.

The degree or amount by which one thing or number exceeds another; remainder.

The difference between two numbers is the excess of one over the other.

An undue indulgence of the appetite; transgression of proper moderation in natural gratifications; intemperance; dissipation.

* :

And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess .

* 1667 , , Paradise Lost , Book III:

Fair Angel, thy desire . . .

. . . leads to no excess

That reaches blame

(geometry) Spherical excess, the amount by which the sum of the three angles of a spherical triangle exceeds two right angles. The spherical excess is proportional to the area of the triangle.

(British, insurance) A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim.