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Definition of "redact" [re•dact]

  • To draw up or frame (a proclamation, for example). (verb-transitive)
  • To make ready for publication; edit or revise. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "redact" in a sentence
  • "I think the use of the word "redact" in this situation is misleading."
  • "After several intense cabinet meetings, Obama appeared to back down and go along with a Panetta proposal to heavily "redact" - black out-all references to specific interrogation techniques, say the administration sources."
  • "A 1974 amendment demanded that FOIA officers "redact" those portions of a document that the government deemed secret and release the rest of the document, assuming that the non-redacted segments still provided meaningful content."