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

In the documents, key details about the April 3 events are redacted, including a summary of a social worker’s interview with the teenage foster brother that afternoon and again the next week. —Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 21 June 2026

But Friedrich found that the administration redacted that material. —Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026

The sender and recipient fields on those records are heavily redacted. —Daniel Ruetenik, CBS News, 19 June 2026

That information is redacted in court records. —Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 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