excision English

Meaning excision meaning

What does excision mean?

excision

— noun (= deletion) 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

— noun (= excommunication) 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

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

— noun (= ablation) surgical removal of a body part or tissue

Synonyms excision synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as excision?

excision English » English

removal

extirpation

ablation

circumcision

extraction

excommunication

deletion

cutting out

exeresis

destruction

deracination

cut

wreck

upset

truncation

truncate

taking out

switch off

suspension

split up

split

shatter

sever

separationism

separation

segmentation

sectioning

sacking

rustication

riddance

resection

remotion

partition

omission

fragmentation

firing

female circumcision

failure

fail

exsection

expunging

expulsion

exorcism

excerpt

dividing

dismission

dislodgment

disengagement

destructive

destroy

Topics excision topics

What do people use excision to talk about?

Physical actions Arrange Join, attach

Remove, take apart

• What words refer to removing a part from inside something?
  take out remove extract extraction cut out get out excision withdraw