Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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excision | Yes | No | No | No |
excise | Yes | No | Yes | No |
excision (noun) | excise (noun) |
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surgical removal of a body part or tissue | a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) |
the act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence | |
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 | |
the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage |
excision (verb) | excise (verb) |
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remove by cutting | |
remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line | |
levy an excise tax on |