Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun circumcision

3 senses of circumcision

Sense 1
Circumcision, Feast of the Circumcision, January 1 -- ((Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st)
       => feast day, fete day -- (a day designated for feasting)

Sense 2
circumcision -- (the act of circumcising performed on males eight days after birth as a Jewish and Muslim religious rite)
       => rite, religious rite -- (an established ceremony prescribed by a religion; "the rite of baptism")

Sense 3
circumcision -- (the act of circumcising; surgical removal of the foreskin of males)
       => abscission, cutting off -- (the act of cutting something off)