excision

Excision has 3 syllables: ex · ci · sion.

noun. The omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage.

noun. The act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence.

noun. Surgical removal of a body part or tissue.

noun. 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.