excerption excerptible • excerptive · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · excerption · · Text Latin · · Script 10 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) a passage selected from a larger work. Synonyms: excerpt, extract, selection. Example: "He presented excerpts from william james' philosophical writings." · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · excerpt · · Synonym 1 extract · · Synonym 2 selection · · Synonym 3 Characters · · c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 t latin small letter t U+0074 x latin small letter x U+0078