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excision
noun
The act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
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ɪkˈsɪʒən
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noun
The act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
noun
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
Surgical removal of a body part or tissue
noun
The omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
“An editor's deletions frequently upset young authors”
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An editor's deletions frequently upset young authors
Both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause
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