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EXORB'ITANCE
EXORB'ITANCY, noun egzorb'itance. [Latin 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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