Redact

Quick meaning: Redact is a verb meaning (usually transitive) To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.

Meaning

(usually transitive) To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.

More Meanings

1. To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.
2. (law) To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.
3. (rare) To draw up or frame a decree, statement, etc.
4. (obsolete) To bring together in one unit; to combine or bring together into one.
5. (obsolete, rare) To insert or assimilate into a written system or scheme.
6. (obsolete, rare) To bring an area of study within the comprehension capacity of a person.
7. (obsolete) To gather or organize works or ideas into a unified whole; to collect, order, or write in a written document or to put into a particular written form.

Example Sentences

[…] the account of his second expedition was carefully redacted, […]

The names and email addresses of the users were redacted from the public data.

By the time the Department of Defense is done redacting, there won't be much left to read.

The military will redact the document before releasing it, blacking out sections that are classified.

Word Forms

• redacts
• redacting
• redacted

Synonyms for redact

Depending on context, synonyms include collate, cast, frame, put, couch, edit.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include edit, put, frame, cast, couch, compose.

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