Excision /(?)/

Ex·ci·sion

Excision

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.
  2. The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication. (Eccl.)
  3. The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument. (Surg.)