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Here's a quiz for all you etymology buffs. Can you pick the words from the following list that come from the same Latin root?
A. redaction B. prodigal C. agent D. essay
E. navigate F. ambiguous
If you guessed all of them, you are right. Now, for bonus points, name the Latin root that they all have in common. If you knew that it is the verb agere, meaning to "to drive, lead, act, or do," you get an A+. Redaction is from the Latin verb redigere ("to bring back" or "to reduce"), which was formed by adding the prefix red- (meaning "back") to agere. Some other agere offspring include act, agenda, cogent, litigate, chasten, agile, and transact.
Examples of redaction in a Sentence
Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Nov. 2025
The bomb explodes, but the scene picks up again with another copy of the Epstein files, and once again MacGruber opts to make some redactions instead of diffusing the plasma bomb.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 16 Nov. 2025
Security tools include password protection and redaction, which permanently removes sensitive information.
—PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
Some have speculated OpenAI mentioned Meta as its biggest competitor due to the short size of the redaction.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Redaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redaction. Accessed 24 Nov. 2025.
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