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Meaning of excision

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  excision
      n 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" [syn: {deletion}, {excision}, {cut}]
      2: surgical removal of a body part or tissue [syn: {ablation},
         {extirpation}, {cutting out}, {excision}]
      3: 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 [syn: {excommunication},
         {excision}]
      4: the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from
         existence [syn: {extirpation}, {excision}, {deracination}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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