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

Amodei said Anthropic would retain the right to redact security-sensitive, legally privileged or proprietary information. — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026

Oregon Housing and Community Services, the state housing agency that persuaded lawmakers to create the records exemption in 1997, cited the law in redacting major sections of developers’ cost reports that ProPublica requested in May. — Rob Davis, ProPublica, 17 Sep. 2026

Almost 180 pages of the documents had been redacted by the city after lawyers argued that there was information about juveniles and medical records that should be kept out. — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Some security-sensitive technical details have been redacted, while other aspects of the design may change as the project progresses through further reviews. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 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