The Collaborative International Dictionary
Succision
Succision \Suc*ci"sion\, n. [L. succisio, fr. succidere, succisum, to cut away below, sub under + caedere to cut.] The act of cutting down, as of trees; the act of cutting off.
Wiktionary
succision
n. (context obsolete English) The act of cut down, as of trees.