Excision
Excision , noun
[Latin excisio: compare French 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.
2.
(Ecclesiastical) The act of cutting off from the church; excommunication.
3.
(Surgery) The removal, especially of small parts, with a cutting instrument. — Dunglison