excision

noun

1. 1

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

2. 2

   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

3. 3

   surgical removal of a body part or tissue

4. 4

   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