Synonyms of redacts

redacts

verb

present tense third-person singular of redact

as in deletes

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

• deletes
• erases
• removes
• censors
• launders
• expunges
• cancels
• effaces
• strikes (out)
• obliterates
• strokes (out)
• red-pencils
• cleans (up)
• elides
• edits (out)
• crosses (out)
• expurgates
• eradicates
• bowdlerizes
• kills
• blue-pencils
• scratches (out)
• wipes out
• abbreviates
• blots out
• clips
• roots (out)
• deles
• shortens
• rubs out
• excises
• cuts
• crops
• silences
• represses
• x's (out)
• suppresses
• bleeps
• blips
• blacks out

Dissimilar Words

• stets

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of redacts

The lawsuit redacts all names listed throughout the filing, but titles make clear who is being referred to. — Ben Wheeler august 4, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026

But the report is unlikely to be made public until the end of the month, since state law gives Benton time to respond to the inspector general’s findings and the commission redacts personal information out of privacy concerns. — Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026

That’s helped set Waymo apart from its much smaller autonomous-vehicle rival, Tesla’s Robotaxi service, which redacts the most informative parts of its safety data and ignores press queries. — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 29 May 2026

More detail about what was hit was not available because the Austin automaker redacts narratives in its public reports and did not respond to a request for comment. — Andrea Guzmán, Austin American Statesman, 19 Mar. 2026

For example, a 96-page police report on a Florida investigation into Epstein in the mid-2000s redacts the names of victims and other details, but leaves many other details in. — Joe Walsh, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025

When a customer calls, the system transcribes the conversation and redacts personal information before the information is shared with the AI assistant, Dunn said. — William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025