Excess
Excess noun - The state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed.
Limit and excess are semantically related in overabundance of something topic. In some cases you can use "Limit" instead a noun "Excess".
Nearby Words: excessive, excessively
Limit
Limit noun - A real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go.
Excess and limit are semantically related in surplus topic. Sometimes you can use "Excess" instead a noun "Limit", if it concerns topics such as extra material.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- The population limit Lordgenome mentioned is eerily similar to the 50-person limit in his village, maintained by the High Priest sending excess people to die, and Rossiu's raising may be preventing him from finding a better solution than the one used there.
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L too, with his excess of skinship, but he has a limit in not squeezing/touching butts (he has done so here and there, but not as much as Dongwoo), rubbing nipples, and...whatnot.
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Critical Encumbrance Failure: Averted in the "carry up to the limit, then take penalties from the excess" sense.
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Limit and Excess. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/excess/limit
Excess & Limit. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/excess/limit>.
Limit or Excess. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/excess/limit.
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