Redact
WordNet
noun
(1) Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication
verb
(2) Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
"Edit a book on lexical semantics"
"She edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"
(3) Formulate in a particular style or language
"I wouldn't put it that way"
"She cast her request in very polite language"
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Etymology
From < , pp. of < + .
Verb
- To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.
- To censor, used by a government when parts of a document are kept secret and the remainder released.
- The military will redact the document before releasing it, blacking out sections that are classified.
- To black out text for other purposes, such as in law, when legally protected sections of text are obscured in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.