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According to WordNet, the noun "excision" has 4 sense(s).

100115803 the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence.

100208277 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.

100393369 surgical removal of a body part or tissue.

106428216 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".


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