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noun the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
noun surgical removal of a body part or tissue
noun 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
originFrom Middle French excision, from Latin excīsiō(n).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0