noun · countable / uncountable · rare

redaction

redaction · redactions

редакция, переработка, пересмотренное издание, редактирование

An edited or censored version of a documentAn edited or censored version of a document; a product resulting from the process of editing or censoring.

/ɹəˈdækʃən/

Meaning

3 senses

(countable)An edited or censored version of a document; a product resulting from the process of editing or censoring.
The government supplied only the redaction to the reporters; the original was kept secret.
The content of this codex is a redaction of information from various earlier works. [≈ edited selection]
реда́кцияredákcija, перерабо́ткаpererabótka, пересмо́тренное изданиеperesmótrennoje izdanije
(countable)The change or changes made while editing.
(uncountable)The process of editing or censoring.
The Expense Claims made by Members of Parliament must be subject to redaction before publication under the Freedom of Information Act. [≈ censoring]
редакти́рованиеredaktírovanije, цензури́рованиеcenzurírovanije

More definitions

the act of putting something in writing
putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form

Translations

2 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

edited or censored version of a document:

the process of editing or censoring:

Origin

From French rédaction or its etymon New Latin redactiō (“redaction”), from Latin redigō (“

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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