*exorbitance*

{ }, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lamentable exorbitances of their superstitions. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]