: to obscure or remove (text) from a document prior to publication or release
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Its calendar might as well be redacted.—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Dec. 2025 There were also suspicions when planning documents submitted to London’s Tower Hamlets council were redacted for security reasons.—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025 One photo shows partially redacted handwriting on a blackboard in an office.—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025 Some words on the chalkboard were redacted before their release.—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 3 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for redact
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Middle English, from Latin redactus, past participle of redigere
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