redact

verb

re·​dact ri-ˈdakt 

redacted; redacting; redacts

transitive verb

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

Recent Examples on the Web

The attorney general’s office had previously filed the evidence with the court in February, but the document was highly redacted from public view. —Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026

Their identities are redacted from the asylum application and the family's immigration attorney, Alicia Chen, asked for their names to be withheld to protect the family. —Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2026

The Southtown made several attempts to identify and contact the man, including reaching out to immigration advocates, attorneys and searching court records, but the man’s name was redacted from public records. —Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026

An argument over authority The dispute stems from a February lawsuit filed by Cumming after the city’s Law Department redacted employee names and contractor payment details from materials provided to her office. —Brian Carlton, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Latin redactus, past participle of redigere

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for redact

• abstract
• attacked
• attract
• contact
• contract
• detract
• distract
• enact
• exact
• extract
• hijacked
• impact