redacted

American  

[ri-dak-tid] / rɪˈdæk tɪd /

adjective

1. (of a document) with confidential or sensitive information removed or hidden.

   If a court decision contains protected information, it may not be released immediately due to the need to prepare a redacted version.

2. (of text, images, or information) removed, obscured, or hidden from view.

   Under this ruling, state agencies must provide an explanation for not disclosing redacted information.

3. edited or compiled, as from multiple sources.

   This text is believed to be a redacted and bowdlerized edition of the Babylonian Talmud.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of redact.

Other Word Forms

• unredacted
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of redacted

redact ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

After the city gave Cumming heavily redacted invoices in January, she issued a subpoena for unmarked ones.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

In total, more than 60 financial entities Warsh holds appear with their underlying contents redacted.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Only rarely do Internal Affairs documents surface in civil lawsuits and criminal cases, and even then they are often heavily redacted.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

The costs of the different options were redacted from the document, which was released through a Freedom of Information request.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

She'd seen it in the library book before it was redacted.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Related Words

• adjusted
• amended
• improved
• updated