Thesaurus: excision

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1. n. The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.
2. n. The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication.
3. n. The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument.
4. n. the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
5. n. surgical removal of a body part or tissue
6. n. 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
7. n. the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
8. 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. Dunglison.
9. n:100 n the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage n surgical removal of a body part or tissue n 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 n the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence