excess vs stoicism

excess

adj
  • More than is normal, necessary or specified. 

verb
  • To declare (an employee) surplus to requirements, such that he or she might not be given work. 

noun
  • An act of eating or drinking more than enough. 

  • 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. 

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

  • The state of surpassing or going beyond a limit; the state of being beyond sufficiency, necessity, or duty; more than what is usual or proper. 

  • A condition on an insurance policy by which the insured pays for a part of the claim. 

stoicism

noun
  • A school of philosophy popularized during the Roman Empire that emphasized reason as a means of understanding the natural state of things, or logos, and as a means of freeing oneself from emotional distress. 

  • A real or pretended indifference to pleasure or pain; insensibility; impassiveness. 

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