excision
- noun
- /ɪkˈsɪʒən/
:
eliminación
- Very few papers cannot be improved by judicious excision.
Examples
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But at the end of the day, choices for inclusion and excision are made for some reason—purposes that I will not speculate about here.
Academic text (2009) -
Table 6: 5-year relapse rates in treated breast in trials of local excision with or without radiotherapy.
Academic text (2000) -
It operated by segmentation of time, excision of the past, and deferral of the future.
Academic text (2010) -
Yet it is achieved by the simple technique of excision: by dispensing with information about communist doctrine, strategy, and tactics as they pertained to and helped shape the war.
Academic text (1992) -
Unfortunately, these excisions leave us an Aeneas who is a rather insensitive dod, responding only to the almost impersonal call of duty, rather than someone whose emotions are caught in the terrible vice between love and duty.
Academic text (2000) -
Comparing the FDIC's redacted version of the memo with the full one, U.S. District Judge Lynn N. Hughes wrote: "Having read the whole document, the nature of the excisions demonstrates the agency's bad faith."
Academic text (1999) -
In this case, the change is plain, a simple excision: Herzfelde eliminates the "man of genius" from the scene and replaces him with an "artist" of unspecified stature and talent, thereby extending photography's potential transformation of art across the broader spectrum of its production.
Academic text (2003) -
The editor suggested an excision of several lengthy paragraphs to improve the manuscript's clarity.
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The excision of redundant information helped the article become more concise and impactful.
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In the report, the excision of unnecessary charts allowed for a more streamlined presentation of the data.
Synonyms
∞
4.0
A change made to a film, book or budget by removing parts
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4.2
A person removes words or parts of a text when editing
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8.5
Preparing and editing text to make it ready for publication and remove private information
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5.9
The act of removing writing or information from a document
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7.3
Making something shorter by cutting off a part
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8.9
Removing parts of a book or play to make it less offensive
Removing information from a record so it no longer appears
To remove parts that people find offensive from a book or play
To leave out parts of words and sentences in speech or writing
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
The word excision comes from Latin parts ex- 'out' and caedere 'to cut', so it means 'cutting out', which is why editors use excision to describe removing paragraphs or lines from a text.