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

Among the documents released Friday were emails dated from 2012 to 2013, showing Musk's name but with his email address redacted. —Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 31 Jan. 2026

Women other than Maxwell were redacted from videos and images being released Friday, Blanche said. —Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2026

There were multiple documents where a name was left exposed in one copy, but redacted in another. —Dallas Morning News, 31 Jan. 2026

Two of the photos show Gates posing with women whose faces were redacted. —Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 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