1) An excising 2) Deletion 3) Editing 4) Excommunication 5) French word used in English 6) Redaction 7) The act of pulling up or out 8) The act of removal 9) Uprooting Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/excision
• (n.) The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication. • (n.) The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction. • (n.) The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/excision/
Ex·ci'sion noun [ Latin excisio : confer French excision . See Excide .] 1. The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction. « Such conquerors are the instruments of vengeance on those nations that have . . . grown ripe for excision .... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/82
Type: Term Pronunciation: ek-sizh′ŭn Definitions: 1. The act of cutting out; the surgical removal of part or all of a structure or organ. 2. molecular biology a recombination event in which a genetic element is removed. 3. The enzymatic removal of a segment of a biopolymer. Synonyms: resection3 Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=30882
excision 1. The act of removal; an excising. 2. The surgical removal of a foreign body or of tissue. 3. The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument. 4. Excommunication; the act of banishing a member of the Church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the Church; cutting a person off from a religious society. ... Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/482/