Synonyms of redacted

redacted

verb

past tense of redact

as in deleted

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

• deleted
• erased
• removed
• censored
• expurgated
• laundered
• bowdlerized
• expunged
• struck (out)
• obliterated
• edited (out)
• canceled
• cleaned (up)
• crossed (out)
• elided
• scratched (out)
• wiped out
• killed
• excised
• eradicated
• stroked (out)
• effaced
• deled
• blotted out
• red-penciled
• abbreviated
• shortened
• clipped
• rubbed out
• rooted (out)
• blue-penciled
• bleeped
• cut
• cropped
• suppressed
• repressed
• blipped
• silenced
• x-ed (out)
• blacked out

Dissimilar Words

• stetted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of redacted

The OpenAI contract was entirely redacted, and only a summary provided to the public after it was approved. — Emily Jones, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026

The invoice is heavily redacted and shows neither the date nor supplier for the transaction. — Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 4 Nov. 2026

The policy is not entirely visible because it was redacted by the agency. — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026

The district responded to the South Florida Sun Sentinel’s request for copies of Strum’s 2024 and 2025 W-2 tax forms by releasing copies with his total wages redacted. — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

The encounter occurred near a sensitive facility in the western United States, whose location remains redacted in the public document. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

Oscar pundits, including yours truly, redacted her name when discussing the film’s fortunes. — Nate Jones, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026

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

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