Excision
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of pulling up or out; uprooting; cutting off from existence
(2) 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
(3) Surgical removal of a body part or tissue
(4) 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"