Synonyms of redact

redact

verb

as in to delete

to make changes to (something written) so as to remove or obscure information

Because the victims were minors, their full names were redacted from public court records.

The declassified documents were heavily redacted before they were released.

Related Words

• delete
• erase
• remove
• censor
• expunge
• cancel
• expurgate
• launder
• obliterate
• elide
• bowdlerize
• efface
• strike (out)
• cross (out)
• clean (up)
• blue-pencil
• stroke (out)
• eradicate
• scratch (out)
• edit (out)
• kill
• x (out)
• wipe out
• blot out
• excise
• shorten
• red-pencil
• cut
• abbreviate
• dele
• clip
• root (out)
• suppress
• repress
• rub out
• bleep
• crop
• silence
• blip
• black out

Dissimilar Words

• stet

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of redact

Uploading financial documents, even if they’re redacted, is inevitably filling a tech company’s vault with your sensitive information without necessarily knowing what will happen to it next. — Adam Clark Estes, Vox, 23 Oct. 2026

The legal opinion posted online has the lawmaker’s name who asked for it, and presumably shared it with the Yes campaign, redacted. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026

On Friday, the court ordered Campbell to detail which parts of his response should be redacted. — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

More than 17 of the 26 pages provided were either blank or completely redacted, with large black boxes covering entire messages rather than specific pieces of sensitive information. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026