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

Elder later told police in a March 25 interview that his previous confession was false, acting as a cover for someone else, whose identity was redacted in court documents. —Kendrick Calfee june 13, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026

The warrant affidavits supporting the charges were redacted extensively before being released. —Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 June 2026

Their identities, locations and the date of the sighting were redacted. —Josh Meyer, USA Today, 12 June 2026

First of all, the president’s name is redacted throughout, yet everything else seems pretty familiar to me. —Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 11 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