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 showed Clinton and Maxwell in a pool with another person whose face was redacted. —Stephen Groves, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2026

Clinton also appeared in a number of pictures released in the Epstein files with celebrities or in more casual surroundings with the faces of women redacted. —Bart Jansen, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026

Bill Clinton was photographed on a plane seated alongside a woman, whose face is redacted, with his arm around her. —Stephen Groves, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026

The VBucks email, however, makes no reference of a username, and the sender and recipient are redacted. —Layla Ferris, CBS News, 27 Feb. 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