ex-, e-, ef-

1. To remove by or as if by cutting: "excised the tumor"; "excised two scenes from the film".
2. To delete a part of something such as a text.
3. To remove surgically: to remove something by cutting, especially in surgery.
4. From Latin excis-, past participle of excidere "to cut out" from caedere "to cut".

Better one thorn plucked than all remain.

1. The act of going out or away.
2. An opening that permits escape or release.
3. Euphemistic expressions for death.
4. The departure of a performer, or actor, from a stage.
5. Etymology: from Latin exit, "he or she goes out"; third person singular, present indicative, of exire, "to go out"; from ex-, "out" + ire, "go".

Also from Latin exitus, "a leaving, a going out" a noun of action from exire, "to go out".

1. To officially declare that someone is not to blame or is not guilty of wrongdoing.
2. To relieve someone from an obligation, task, or responsibility.
3. To clear, as of an accusation; to free from guilt or blame; to exculpate.

1. To eject from the throat or lungs by coughing and spitting.
2. To eject saliva, mucus, or other body fluid from the mouth; to spit.
3. To clear out the chest and lungs by coughing up and spitting out matter; such as, mucous.
4. To cough up and spit out phlegm, thus clearing the bronchial passages.
5. Etymology: "to clear out the chest or lungs," from Latin expectoratus, past participle of expectore, "scorn, expel from the mind"; litterally "to make a clean breast" from ex-, "out" + pectus, "breast, chest".

Use as a euphemism for "spit" is first recorded 1827.

1. To ensure that something takes place or is dealt with more quickly than usual.
2. To deal with something, especially a business transaction, swiftly and efficiently.
3. To help something move forward, to hasten the progress of something.
4. Etymology: from Latin expeditus, past participle of expedire, "to make fit or ready, to prepare"; literally, "free the feet from fetters"; hence, "to liberate from difficulties"; from ex-, "out" + pedis "fetter, chain for the feet"; related to pes, pedis, "foot".

To take property or money from someone, either legally for the public good or illegally by theft or fraud.