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What does circumcise mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word circumcise? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To surgically remove the foreskin (prepuce) from a penis (male).
  2. (sometimes proscribed) To surgically remove the clitoris (clitoridectomy), clitoral hood, or labia (female).
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At first my husband and I were in agreement that we wouldn't circumcise him.
Those who do not circumcise their heart and do not change will only be stained with more and more flesh.
God had directed Abraham to circumcise newborn males specifically on the eighth day.
Particular ethnic groups circumcise their women during pregnancy, when they are in labour or when they have given birth to their first child.
There are, however, many societies in Kenya that do not circumcise, including the Luo, Kenya's second largest ethnic group.
In some parts of the world Sunni Muslims also circumcise for religious reasons.

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