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

One report indicated that a prison lieutenant whose name is redacted may have been present during the time the inmate was questioned. —Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026

Footage of his arrest, which is partially redacted, shows the Grammy-winner in the driver’s seat of the vehicle, listening to an officer explain why he’d been pulled over. —Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026

The footage was partially redacted. —Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026

More detail about what was hit was not available because the Austin automaker redacts narratives in its public reports and did not respond to a request for comment. —Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 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