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

El Cajon received a telephone call from an unidentified male asking if (name redacted) was there. —Austin Meek, New York Times, 29 May 2025

This production contained several complaints from teachers whose names were redacted, including a couple that were not shared with the district during the audit process. —Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2025

The woman, whose name is redacted from the fire department’s report, said her friend Giancarlo decided to use a lighter to remove the blood-sucking parasite. —Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 20 May 2025

Montgomery’s name is redacted in the records, but information about the circumstances of his guilty plea spelled out in the federal documents, including the date, charges and his home address, point to him. —Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025

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