EXCISION

• (noun) the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence

  synonyms : deracination , extirpation

• (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

  synonyms : excommunication

• (noun) surgical removal of a body part or tissue

  synonyms : ablation , cutting out , extirpation

• (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 : cut , deletion

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Mnemonics for excision

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