excision

(n) 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
deletion, cut,
(n) surgical removal of a body part or tissue ablation, cutting out, extirpation,
(n) 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 excommunication,
(n) the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence deracination, extirpation,

deletion cut ablation cutting out extirpation excommunication deracination