excision

/ɪksˈɪʒən/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
   “an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors”
2. surgical removal of a body part or tissue
3. 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
4. the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence

Synonyms for excision

• deletion
• cut
• ablation
• extirpation
• cutting out
• excommunication
• deracination

Words that rhyme with excision

• division
• decision
• provision
• subdivision
• vision
• circumcision
• collision
• revision
• television
• derision
• envision
• incision
• indecision
• precision
• rescission
• supervision
• activision
• cablevision
• computervision
• coopervision
• divison
• exploravision
• macrovision
• misprision
• multivision
• recision
• spectravision
• univision
• valuevision
• worldvision