Ex‐ci″sion (?), n. [L. excisio: cf. F. 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. Atterbury.
2. (Eccl.) The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication.
3. (Surg.) The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument. Dunglison.