1. The omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
   "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause"
   - deletion, cut 
2. Surgical removal of a body part or tissue
   - ablation, extirpation, cutting out 
3. 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
   - excommunication 
4. The act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
   - extirpation, deracination

Derived forms: excisions

See also: excise

Type of: banishment, editing, op, operation, proscription, pull, pulling, redaction, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process

Encyclopedia: Excision

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