Definitions of excision

1. 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"

2. the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence

3. 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

4. The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.

5. The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument.

6. The act of cutting out, or off; destruction.

7. A cutting out or off of any kind: extirpation.

8. Act of cutting out.

9. The removal of a part; extirpation.

10. A cutting out or off of any part of the body; amputation; the cutting off of a person or nation, as a judgement; extirpation; excommunication.

11. A cutting out or off; amputation; destruction.