Excision

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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. The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication.

3. The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument. Dunglison.