noun (n)

• the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage(noun.communication)

  Example:
  Both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause.
  

  Synonym:
  cut, deletion
  

  source: wordnet30
• surgical removal of a body part or tissue(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  ablation, cutting out, extirpation
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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.act)

  Synonym:
  excommunication
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence(noun.act)

  Synonym:
  deracination, extirpation
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.(noun)

  source: webster1913