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

The judge’s order is partially redacted, but Halligan appears to have misled the grand jurors about Comey’s constitutional right not to testify. —Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025

Thune also refused Johnson’s pleas to amend the bill to allow the Justice Department to redact information in the files. —Steven T. Dennis, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2025

The legislation includes exceptions, including the possibility where the Justice Department could withhold or redact the identities and personal information of Epstein’s victims. —Julia Manchester, The Hill, 20 Nov. 2025

Additionally, what the Justice Department decides to redact from the files could spark further questions from the public. —NPR, 19 Nov. 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