redaction
/ɹəˈdækʃən/ noun
Forms redactions
- noun (countable) 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.”
- noun (countable) The change or changes made while editing.
- noun (uncountable) 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]”
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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.
Webster’s 1913
Etymology [F. rédaction.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “redaction”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details