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

Panettiere’s boyfriend, identified as Brian Hickerson, showed responding officers a bag of her medications, according to a police report, which was heavily redacted. — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

Shortly after Lyon’s email, Charles forwarded the message to a group of officials whose names are redacted. — Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

The 911 calls and police radio communications were partially redacted, but fill in some gaps of the events that led up to the assault of Cherrie Moore, 34, by Karson Hyder, 22, on May 29. — Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026

While most of the information about the victim was redacted, the report confirmed that a Black male was the victim. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Aug. 2026