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English to English noun
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the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage |  | Example: an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors
both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause
source: wordnet30
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surgical removal of a body part or tissue | | source: wordnet30
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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 | | source: wordnet30
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the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence | | source: wordnet30
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The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction. | | source: webster1913
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