Noun

• S: (n) deletion, excision, cut (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"
• S: (n) ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision (surgical removal of a body part or tissue)
• S: (n) excommunication, excision (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)
• S: (n) extirpation, excision, deracination (the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence)