Noun

(en noun)

An act or occurrence by which someone or something remains

* {{quote-book, 1580, , An Answer Unto A Crafty and Sophistical Cavillation Devised by Stephen Gardiner, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=mFgYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA298, page=298, edition=1844 Parker Society ed.

, passage=For where Gelasius saith, that "there remaineth the substance or nature of bread and wine," to declare thereby the remaining of two natures in Christ, you say, that "Gelasius' saying may be verified in the last, and not in the first," that is to say, that the nature of bread and wine remaineth.}}

* {{quote-book, 1864, date=August 8, chapter=Mr Seward to Mr Pike, No. 171, author=, title=Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Part 3, year_published=1865, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA322&id=QTEWAAAAYAAJ&output=text, page=322

, passage= It is important for us to know to what extent the remaining of that naval force is advantageous, and I hope therefore, that you will seek an opportunity informally to confer upon this question,

* {{quote-book, 1975, , The Contemporary Explosion of Theology, page=39 citation

, passage=In this steadfast remaining with the Church that he so often criticizes, Küng shows himself to be a true son of Roman Catholicism. }}

(countable, rare) Remnant.

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.