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• n  the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
  both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause
• n  surgical removal of a body part or tissue
• n  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
• n  the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence

• The only cure is subtotal excision of the troublesome thyroid.
• That is gone thanks to the Catholic Church's excision of all vestiges of anti-Judaism from its liturgy.
• We will let other Potterphiles debate the movie's excision of the book's spooky Halloween party, or its use of a Sorting Hat that speaks its musings aloud instead of whispering .

• deletion
• cut
• ablation
• extirpation
• cutting out
• excommunication
• deracination

News & Articles

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• Dance-techno concert at MontBleu
  Bass Camp Lake Tahoe 2013 is described as a multimedia-charged concert with dance heavyweights Excision featuring The Executioner Video & Lighting, Installation, Adventure Club, Seven Lions, The M Machine, AndDrop! and Fiasko Danielswill. The concert is July 20 at MontBleu in Stateline. The show begins [...]
  June 22, 2013 - Lake Tahoe News

Quotes

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• Chris Evans in The Australian
  The Rudd Government has also consistently made clear its commitment to maintain a system of mandatory detention and excision,Senator Evans said. "As part of this system of mandatory detention, all unauthorised boat arrivals will be...
• Christopher Andrew in guardian.co.uk
  In the book, Andrew writes: "The most difficult part of the clearance process has concerned the requirements of other government departments. One significant excision as a result of these requirements in Chapter E4 [entitled The Wilson Plot"]...