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

But the department has argued the sheer volume of documents that need to be found, uploaded, reviewed, redacted and published has forced it to instead release the files online on a rolling basis, with a series of enormous document dumps over the course of several days in mid-December. —Joe Walsh, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026

Most of the other names on that list are redacted. —Stephen Fowler, NPR, 2 Jan. 2026

Nearly half of the images and everything detailing my fruitless efforts to interview the principal were redacted. —Ean Soh, New York Daily News, 1 Jan. 2026

And sensitive information or the names of minors can be redacted from files like police reports or school records. —Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 31 Dec. 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