Redaction
//ɹəˈdækʃən// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
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]"
Example
More examples"The government supplied only the redaction to the reporters; the original was kept secret."
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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