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EXORB'ITANCE

EXORB'ITANCY, n. egzorb'itance. [L. exorbitans, from ex and orbita, the track of a wheel, orbis, and orb.]

Literally, a going beyond or without the tract or usual limit. Hence, enormity; extravagance; a deviation from rule or the ordinary limits or right or propriety; as the exorbitances of the tongue, or of deportment.

The reverence of my presence may be a curb to your exorbitancies.

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