redaction

noun
re·​dac·​tion | \ ri-ˈdak-shən How to pronounce redaction (audio) \

Definition of redaction

1 : an act or instance of redacting something
2 : a work that has been redacted : edition, version

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Other Words from redaction

redactional \ ri-​ˈdak-​shnəl How to pronounce redactional (audio) , -​shə-​nᵊl \ adjective

Examples of redaction in a Sentence

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That’s when certain court documents were unsealed with redactions. Dylan Segelbaum, USA TODAY, "Former Pa. scoutmaster, citizen of the year focus of inquiry into decades of sex abuse," 28 Aug. 2019 Justices for the California 2nd District Court of Appeal determined redaction would not likely have made a difference in the matter. La Cañada Valley Sun, "Former LASD psychologist convicted of child molestation denied appeal," 23 Aug. 2019 The audio is reportedly now being made available to House Republicans without redactions, but it has not been released to the public. María Méndez, Dallas News, "What you need to know about the Texas House dust-up between the speaker and a conservative activist," 2 Aug. 2019 Gregory Rothwell, senior counsel for the housing authority, said the redactions were made to protect confidential business and financial information, under state and federal law. Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, "Baltimore housing authority spent nearly $200,000 to replace new toilets amid Poe Homes water outage," 9 Aug. 2019 Don’t waste time with redactions or ongoing investigations. Garrett M. Graff, WIRED, "The Definitive Congressional Guide to Robert Mueller’s Mind," 22 July 2019 But a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in Ohio ordered that some of the information should be released with reasonable redactions and the database should be made public. Author: Scott Higham, Sari Horwitz, Steven Rich, Anchorage Daily News, "Internal drug company emails show indifference to opioid epidemic," 20 July 2019 None of Jadali's research shows that Super Zoom or SaveFrom.net Helper performed any redactions at all. Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, "My browser, the spy: How extensions slurped up browsing histories from 4M users," 18 July 2019 Those redactions included every word of the records, including punctuation and some page numbers. Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, "Commissioners say Hamilton County withheld too much from public about Bengals' deal," 11 July 2019

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First Known Use of redaction

1785, in the meaning defined at sense 1

History and Etymology for redaction

French rédaction, from Late Latin redaction-, redactio act of reducing, compressing, from Latin redigere to bring back, reduce, from re-, red- re- + agere to lead — more at agent

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