excision

Meanings

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

Synonyms

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