"excision" in the noun sense

1. deletion, excision, cut

the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage

"an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"

"both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause"

2. ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision

surgical removal of a body part or tissue

3. excommunication, excision

the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church cutting a person off from a religious society

4. extirpation, excision, deracination

the act of pulling up or out uprooting cutting off from existence

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