excision Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
    cut; deletion.
    • an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors
    • both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause
  2. noun surgical removal of a body part or tissue
    extirpation; ablation; cutting out.
  3. noun 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. noun the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
    extirpation; deracination.

WordNet

Ex*ci"sion noun
Etymology
L. excisio: cf. F. excision. See Excide.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913