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- Dictionaryredact/rɪˈdakt/
verb
- 1. edit (text) for publication: "a confidential memo which has been redacted from 25 pages to just one paragraph"
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REDACT definition: 1. to remove words or information from a text before it is printed or made available to the public…. Learn more.
1. : to put in writing : frame. 2. : to select or adapt (as by obscuring or removing sensitive information) for publication or release. broadly : edit. 3. : to obscure or remove (text) from a document prior to publication or release. Examples of redact in a Sentence.
REDACT meaning: 1. to remove words or information from a text before it is printed or made available to the public…. Learn more.
verb (used with object) to put into suitable literary form; revise; edit. to draw up or frame (a statement, proclamation, etc.). to edit (text) so as to remove or hide confidential or sensitive information: His account number has been redacted from the top of the statement. redact. / rɪˈdækt /.
2 meanings: 1. to compose or draft (an edict, proclamation, etc) 2. to put (a literary work, etc) into appropriate form for.... Click for more definitions.
: edited especially in order to obscure or remove sensitive information. a highly redacted copy of the file. The Pentagon declined to make the … report public, and only when pressed with Freedom of Information Act demands did it disclose parts of the report, some 1,700 pages of documents so heavily redacted as to be nearly incomprehensible.
(of a document) with confidential or sensitive information removed or hidden: If a court decision contains protected information, it may not be released immediately due to the need to prepare a redacted version. (of text, images, or information) removed, obscured, or hidden from view:
To redact is to arrange or edit text in a written document. Don't get too attached to every word in your rough draft; your teacher will expect you to redact it before handing in your final paper. Redact refers to any kind revising or editing that makes a document better, usually for publication.
tr.v. re·dact·ed, re·dact·ing, re·dacts. 1. To draw up or frame (a proclamation, for example). 2. To make ready for publication; edit or revise. 3. To delete or remove (private or sensitive information) from a document in preparation for publication.
Definition of redact verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
