Definition of Excision

Noun: excision  ek'si-zhun

  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

See also:
excising
excisional

Anagrams containing the word excision

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