Email this page to a friend

EXCISION

Definition:

[noun] 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
[noun] surgical removal of a body part or tissue
Synonyms: ablation, extirpation, cutting out
[noun] 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
[noun] the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
Synonyms: extirpation, deracination