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redact

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Verb

redact (redacts, present participle redacting; past and past participle redacted)

To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while releasing the remainder.
The military will redact the document before releasing it, blacking out sections that are classified.
The names and email addresses of the users were redacted from the public data.
(legal) To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.
To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit. [from 19th c.]
(rare) To draw up or frame a decree, statement, etc. [from 19th c.]
(obsolete) To bring together in one unit; to combine or bring together into one. [15th-16th c.]
(obsolete) To gather or organize works or ideas into a unified whole; to collect, order, or write in a written document or to put into a particular written form. [15th-17th c.]
(obsolete, rare) To insert or assimilate into a written system or scheme. [16th c.]
(obsolete, rare) To bring an area of study within the comprehension capacity of a person. [17th c.]
(obsolete) To reduce to a particular condition or state, especially one that is undesirable. [16th-18th c.]
(obsolete) To reduce something physical to a certain form, especially by destruction. [16th-17th c.]

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