Excision

n.	1.	The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction. Such conquerors are the instruments of vengeance on those nations that have . . . grown ripe for excision. - Atterbury.
	2.	(Eccl.) The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication.
	3.	(Surg.) The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument.

Noun	1.	excision - 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" Synonyms: deletion, cut
	2.	excision - surgical removal of a body part or tissue Synonyms: ablation, cutting out, extirpation
	3.	excision - the act of banishing a member of the Church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the Church; cutting a person off from a religious society Synonyms: excommunication
	4.	excision - the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence Synonyms: deracination, extirpation

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