redact

verb

re·​dact ri-ˈdakt How to pronounce redact (audio)
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

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An unknown caller, whose name was redacted from the call, dialed 911 at 2:50 a.m. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 19 June 2025 Three days later, an unknown caller (whose name was also redacted) made a 911 call from Scott and Kelley's home in Park City, Utah. Charna Flam, People.com, 19 June 2025 Inspection reports that describe unsafe manufacturing conditions are public, but the FDA redacts the names of the medications made in those factories. Katherine Dailey, ProPublica, 18 June 2025 Some of the most common approaches include: Masking is a non-reversible method used to redact sensitive data. Leon Bian, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for redact

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Latin redactus, past participle of redigere

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of redact was in 1829

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“Redact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redact. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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