Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word
(lexical) relations Display options for sense: (gloss) "an
example sentence" - S: (n) deletion, excision, cut (the omission
that is made when an editorial change shortens a written
passage) "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors";
"both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause" -
S: (n) ablation, extirpation, cutting out, excision (surgical
removal of a body part or tissue) - S: (n) excommunication,
excision (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) - S: (n) extirpation,
excision, deracination (the act of pulling up or out; uprooting;
cutting off from existence)