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

Part of Cal Coast’s complaint is redacted. —Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Jan. 2026

All jurors' identities were redacted in court filings. —CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026

The law allows for some information to be redacted from the files in order to protect the identities of victims, among other circumstances. —Connor Greene, Time, 6 Jan. 2026

Most of the other names on that list are redacted. —Stephen Fowler, NPR, 2 Jan. 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