Meaning

10 senses
  1. (transitive, usually)To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.

    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.

    bearbeiten, redigieren, schwärzen

    редакти́роватьredaktírovatʹ, цензури́роватьcenzurírovatʹ

  2. To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.

  3. To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.

    облека́ть в литерату́рную фо́рмуoblekátʹ v literatúrnuju fórmu, редакти́роватьredaktírovatʹ, составля́тьsostavljátʹ

  4. (rare)To draw up or frame a decree, statement, etc.

  5. (obsolete)To bring together in one unit; to combine or bring together into one.

  6. (obsolete)To gather or organize works or ideas into a unified whole; to collect, order, or write in a written document or to put into a particular written form.

  7. (obsolete, rare)To insert or assimilate into a written system or scheme.

  8. (obsolete, rare)To bring an area of study within the comprehension capacity of a person.

  9. (obsolete)To reduce to a particular condition or state, especially one that is undesirable.

  10. (obsolete)To reduce something physical to a certain form, especially by destruction.

More definitions
  • prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
  • formulate in a particular style or language

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The dispatch was redacted in this way.

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  2. The report released to the public was heavily redacted.

    deDer der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemachte Bericht war stark redigiert.

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  3. As the file is public, we have redacted the complainant's name.

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  4. The documents were heavily redacted by the FBI before being released.

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  5. Rereading — and often correcting — my sentences on Tatoeba, I sometimes have the impression of redacting the diary I always wanted to write.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to censor, to black out or remove parts of (a document) while leaving the remainder:
to reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to censor, to black out or remove parts of (a document) while leaving the remainder:

Origin

From Old French redacter, from Latin redactus, perfect passive participle of redigō (“driv

From Old French redacter, from Latin redactus, perfect passive participle of redigō (“drive, lead, collect, reduce”), from re- (“back”) + agō (“put in motion, drive”). Piecewise doublet of react.

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Forms

redacts, redacting, redacted, redacted
Base formredact · to redact
3rd person singularredacts
Present participleredacting
Past simpleredacted
Past participleredacted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyredact
he, she, itredacts

Past simpleLesson

all personsredacted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave redacted
he, she, ithas redacted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill redact

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting:edit
  • formulate in a particular style or language:framecastputcouch

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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