redaction.
An edited or censored version of a document; a product resulting from the process of editing or censoring.
Meaning & usage
An edited or censored version of a document; a product resulting from the process of editing or censoring.
The government supplied only the redaction to the reporters; the original was kept secret.
The content of this codex is a redaction of information from various earlier works. [≈ edited selection]
The change or changes made while editing.
The process of editing or censoring.
The Expense Claims made by Members of Parliament must be subject to redaction before publication under the Freedom of Information Act. [≈ censoring]
Where this word comes from
From French rédaction or its etymon New Latin redactiō (“redaction”), from Latin redigō (“to lead back, collect, prepare, reduce to a certain state”), from red- (“back”) + agō (“to put in motion, to drive”). By surface analysis, redact + -ion.
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