redact
/ɹɪˈdækt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.
Transitive verb
verb
To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.
verb
To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "By the time the Department of Defense is done redacting, there won't be much left to read."
- "Like other tax-exempt nonprofits, AIEF must file a Form 990 every year with the IRS, but donors are redacted from the version that is made accessible to the public."
- "[…] the account of his second expedition was carefully redacted, […]"
- "The Oath is redacted ; pronounced aloud by President Bailly, — and indeed in such a sonorous tone, that the cloud of witnesses, even outdoors, hear it, and bellow response to it."