redactverb [ T ]
uk/rɪˈdækt/us/rɪˈdækt/formalto remove words or information from a text before it is printed or made available to the public:
Officers' names are routinely redacted from any publicly released reports.
Some parts of secret files are available to the public, but heavily redacted.
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Editing & compiling
- abridge
- amend
- blue pencil
- compile
- corrigendum
- cut and paste idiom
- draft
- edit
- editable
- editorial
- emend
- excerpt
- lexicography
- paste
- proof
- proofread
- redaction
- revise
- reword
- scissors
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Removing and getting rid of things