redaction
noun/ɹəˈdækʃən/
Etymology From French rédaction or its etymon New Latin redactiō (“redaction”), from Latin redigō (“to lead back, collect, prepare, reduce to a certain state”), from red- (“back”) + agō (“to put in motion, to drive”). By surface analysis, redact + -ion.
1
An edited or censored version of a document; a product resulting from the process of editing or censoring.
- The government supplied only the redaction to the reporters; the original was kept secret.
- The content of this codex is a redaction of information from various earlier works. [≈ edited selection]
2
The change or changes made while editing.
3
The process of editing or censoring.
- The Expense Claims made by Members of Parliament must be subject to redaction before publication under the Freedom of Information Act. [≈ censoring]
- Derived terms
- over-redaction, redactional