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 released records in batches as officials said reviewing them to redact the names of people who accused Epstein of abuse is taking longer than expected. —Bart Jansen, USA Today, 27 Dec. 2025

The latest batch of material in the Epstein files included dozens of video clips and other documents, many redacted. —Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 27 Dec. 2025

The report included in the release of the Epstein files is dated August 1, 2019, two pages and heavily redacted. —Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Dec. 2025

Some of the pages, meanwhile, are heavily redacted for undisclosed reasons. —Ben Smith, semafor.com, 26 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