1. The act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
   "The excision of the invasive plant species took several years";
   - extirpation, deracination
    
2. Surgical removal of a body part or tissue
   "The surgeon performed an excision of the tumour";
   - ablation, extirpation, cutting out
    
3. The omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
   "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause";
   - deletion, cut
    
4. 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
   "The church used excision as a punishment for grave offences";
   - excommunication

Derived forms: excisions

Type of: banishment, editing, op [informal], operation, proscription, pull, redaction, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process

Encyclopedia: Excision