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Redaction

//ɹəˈdækʃən// noun

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Noun

1
An edited or censored version of a document; a product resulting from the process of editing or censoring. countable
"The government supplied only the redaction to the reporters; the original was kept secret."
2
the act of putting something in writing wordnet
3
The change or changes made while editing. countable
4
putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form wordnet
5
The process of editing or censoring. uncountable
"The Expense Claims made by Members of Parliament must be subject to redaction before publication under the Freedom of Information Act. [≈ censoring]"

Etymology

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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