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

Screenshots of the threats were also fully redacted in the arrest report. —Austen Erblat, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2026

Their names are redacted but the records show scores of flights to Paris, New York and Miami to and from the region. —Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026

Administration officials have said lawyers worked as quickly as possible to properly review, redact and release millions of documents required under the law. —Arkansas Online, 5 Mar. 2026

The decisions would be redacted when appropriate. —Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 5 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