Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The act or process of preparing a document for publication, especially by deleting private or sensitive information.
  • noun An edited work; a new edition or revision.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of reducing to order; the act of preparing for publication: said of literary or historical matter.
  • noun A work thus prepared; a special form, edition, or version of a work as digested, revised, or rewritten.
  • noun The staff of writers on a newspaper or other periodical; an editorial staff or department.
  • noun The act of drawing back; a withdrawal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun countable Edited or censored version of a document.
  • noun countable The change or changes made while editing.
  • noun uncountable The process of editing or censoring.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the act of putting something in writing
  • noun putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From New Latin redactio ("redaction"), from Latin redigere ("to lead back, collect, prepare, reduce to a certain state"), from red- ("back") + agere ("to put in motion, to drive").

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Examples

  • If this speculation has merit, then the process of literary redaction is short-circuited - what we should see is evidence of thoughtful variation on those experiences that find words to express the love of God for us.

    Ancient Authors' Practices and Procedures James F. McGrath 2008

  • "The so-called redaction feature allows users to black out sensitive sections before e-mailing or printing a document."

    Archive 2005-08-01 2005

  • Education at Nanjing. 49 Finally, the Zhonghua editors also consulted the Jiangnan shuju [omission: Chinese characters] redaction, which is a revision of Mao Jin's

    Empresses and Consorts 1999

  • "The decision around redaction or editing - if you will, because I think a lot of people are perhaps not familiar with the word redaction - those decisions are not taken by politicians or ministers.

    Accidental Deliberations 2009

  • "The decision around redaction or editing - if you will, because I think a lot of people are perhaps not familiar with the word redaction - those decisions are not taken by politicians or ministers.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed 2009

  • The pictures were circulated widely on the Internet with speculation the redaction was a slight against McCain, but Palin said she meant no disrespect to her former GOP running mate.

    Fore, right! 2009

  • The pictures were circulated widely on the Internet with speculation the redaction was a slight against McCain, but Palin said she meant no disrespect to her former GOP running mate.

    Home 2009

  • The pictures were circulated widely on the Internet with speculation the redaction was a slight against McCain, but Palin said she meant no disrespect to her former GOP running mate.

    Fore, right! 2009

  • The pictures were circulated widely on the Internet with speculation the redaction was a slight against McCain, but Palin said she meant no disrespect to her former GOP running mate.

    Brandon Sun Online - Top Stories 2009

  • Someone in Drum's comments suggests that Adobe -- which has, of course, been making a big push to be thought of as a player in the open government movement -- come up with a fool-proof "redaction" option built right into Acrobat, which seems like a pretty good idea.

    Mastering the redaction Scola, Nancy 2009

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