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redact

[ ri-dakt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit.
  2. to draw up or frame (a statement, proclamation, etc.).
  3. to edit (text) so as to remove or hide confidential or sensitive information:

    His account number has been redacted from the top of the statement.



redact

/ rɪˈdækt /

verb

  1. to compose or draft (an edict, proclamation, etc)
  2. to put (a literary work, etc) into appropriate form for publication; edit


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Derived Forms

  • reˈdactional, adjective
  • reˈdactor, noun
  • reˈdaction, noun

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Other Words From

  • re·dac·tion noun
  • re·dac·tor noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of redact1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin redāctus (past participle of redigere “to lead back”), equivalent to red- red- + āctus, past participle of agere “to drive, move, lead”; act

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Word History and Origins

Origin of redact1

C15: from Latin redigere to bring back, from red- re- + agere to drive

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Example Sentences

In the recording provided to The Washington Post, some information, such as the caller’s phone number and name, is redacted.

A document from the training with handwritten notes – which have been redacted to protect the official’s identity – give the broad strokes of a process to permanently delete emails.

The agencies rarely redacted the names of the suspects on whom they used force, including juveniles and mentally ill people in the thick of a crisis.

Washington State cleared Leach after conducting an investigation, and Wilson later redacted his statement.

So far, the agency has released about 500 pages of heavily redacted emails, a fifth of the total in its possession, it says.

The Times ended up publishing some documents that did not redact the names of active intelligence officers.

Nesselrode and he redact a proclamation, and entrust the printing of it to Michaud.

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