excision
英 [ɪk'sɪʒ(ə)n; ek-]
美[ɪk'sɪʒən]
英英释意
- 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"
- 2. surgical removal of a body part or tissue
- 3. the act of banishing a member of the Church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the Church; cutting a person off from a religious society
- 4. the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence