1. the act or process of excerpting; the selection and extraction of a passage or section from a larger work
Usage: formal; literary
2. a passage or section that has been excerpted from a larger work
Usage: formal; literary

Examples

• The excerption of key passages from the novel helped students understand the main themes.
• Her careful excerption of relevant data from the research papers strengthened her argument.
• The anthology consists of excerptions from various classic texts.
• The editor's excerption of the author's most powerful scenes created a compelling preview.
• Through excerption, the critic highlighted the most important moments in the film.