Langtolang Multilingual Dictionary

NOUN 4

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”
   Synonymsdeletioncut

2. surgical removal of a body part or tissue

   Synonymsablationextirpationcutting out

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

   Synonymsexcommunication

4. the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence

   Synonymsextirpationderacination