excerption

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ex=cerp=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

excerption, n. [L. excerptio.].

•  The act of excerpting or selecting.  [1913 Webster]
•  That which is selected or gleaned; an extract.  [1913 Webster]

  "His excerptions out of the Fathers."  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

excerption

Choice

N choice, option, discretion, preoption, alternative, dilemma, embarras de choix, adoption, cooptation, novation, decision, election, political election (politics), selection, excerption, gleaning, eclecticism, excerpta, gleanings, cuttings, scissors and paste, pick, preference, prelation, opinion poll, survey, predilection, optional, discretional, eclectic, choosing, preferential, chosen, choice, optionally, at pleasure, either the one or the other, or at the option of, whether or not, once and for all, for one's money, by choice, by preference, in preference, rather, before.