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

Another photo shows him in a pool with Epstein’s longtime confidant, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, and a person whose face was also redacted. —Steven Sloan, Fortune, 21 Dec. 2025

Advertisement Heavy redactions Of the thousands of documents released by the DOJ on Friday, at least 550 pages are fully redacted, CBS News reported. —Nandika Chatterjee, Time, 21 Dec. 2025

There were 15 images total that were then redacted from the DOJ website. —CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025

Epstein's longtime co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, stood above the former prince, smiling beside another woman whose face was also redacted. —Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 20 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