Circumcision

Noun

 * 1) The act of excising or amputating the foreskin or prepuce from the penis.
 * 2) The act of excising tissue from the vulva of the female.

Related terms

 * circumcise, circumcize
 * female circumcision

Thesaurus
adoption, agape, asperges, aspersion, auricular confession, bar mitzvah, bas mitzvah, celebration, confession, confirmation, conversion, high celebration, incense, invocation, invocation of saints, kiss of peace, lesser litany, litany, love feast, lustration, new birth, new life, pax, processional, rebirth, reciting the rosary, redeemedness, redemption, reformation, regeneration, salvation, second birth, spiritual purification, telling of beads, the confessional, the confessionary