Definitions for: Exorbitance


[n] excessive excess



Webster (1913) Definition: Ex*or"bi*tance, Exorbitancy Ex*or"bi*tan*cy,, n.
A going out of or beyond the usual or due limit; hence,
enormity; extravagance; gross deviation from rule, right, or
propriety; as, the exorbitances of the tongue or of
deportment; exorbitance of demands. ``a curb to your
exorbitancies.'' --Dryden.

The lamentable exorbitances of their superstitions.
--Bp. Hall.

Synonyms: outrageousness

See Also: excess, excessiveness, inordinateness

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