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redact.

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

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɹɪˈdækt/
  1. To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.

    transitive · usually
    The military will redact the document before releasing it, blacking out sections that are classified.
    The names and email addresses of the users were redacted from the public data.
  2. To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.

  3. To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.

  4. To draw up or frame a decree, statement, etc.

    rare
  5. To bring together in one unit; to combine or bring together into one.

    obsolete
  6. 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.

    obsolete
  7. To insert or assimilate into a written system or scheme.

    obsolete · rare
  8. To bring an area of study within the comprehension capacity of a person.

    obsolete · rare
  9. To reduce to a particular condition or state, especially one that is undesirable.

    obsolete
  10. To reduce something physical to a certain form, especially by destruction.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Old French redacter, from Latin redactus, perfect passive participle of redigō (“drive, lead, collect, reduce”), from re- (“back”) + agō (“put in motion, drive”). Piecewise doublet of react.

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