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Dictionary definition for: Excision
1. (n) 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. (n) surgical removal of a body part or tissue
3. (n) 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. (n) the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
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