Synonyms of redacting

redacting

verb

present participle of redact

as in deleting

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

• deleting
• erasing
• removing
• censoring
• expurgating
• bowdlerizing
• expunging
• laundering
• canceling
• crossing (out)
• obliterating
• striking (out)
• cleaning (up)
• eliding
• effacing
• stroking (out)
• eradicating
• editing (out)
• scratching (out)
• killing
• excising
• wiping out
• cutting
• clipping
• blotting out
• red-penciling
• deleing
• abbreviating
• shortening
• bleeping
• rooting (out)
• blue-penciling
• rubbing out
• x-ing (out)
• cropping
• repressing
• suppressing
• silencing
• blipping
• blacking out

Dissimilar Words

• stetting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of redacting

Members of Congress also accused the Justice Department of improperly redacting information about possible unindicted co-conspirators. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026

The trial court will need to decide whether the university was legally justified in concealing and redacting certain documents and whether Abraham qualifies for attorneys' fees. — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Oregon Housing and Community Services, the state housing agency that persuaded lawmakers to create the records exemption in 1997, cited the law in redacting major sections of developers’ cost reports that ProPublica requested in May. — Rob Davis, ProPublica, 17 Sep. 2026

Flock would begin redacting those details so that agencies could see only the identities of their own officers. — Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

If Benton victimized someone in his office, their right to privacy can be protected by redacting their identity. — Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Heuer’s attorney, Erick Kaardal, argued that privacy concerns could be balanced with the public’s right to access government records by redacting identifying or sensitive information on the forms. — Scott Bauer, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

In addition to the names that were allegedly improperly redacted from the files and documents that were withheld, the DOJ also came under fire for not redacting some victim information, while seemingly protecting the names of Epstein associates. — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

The department has faced criticism for not redacting the names of some victims as required when the files were released, and for withholding many documents. — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 8 June 2026