# redact

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹɪˈdækt/ · frequency rank #93,071

## Definitions
1. To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.
2. To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.
3. To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.
4. To draw up or frame a decree, statement, etc.
5. To bring together in one unit; to combine or bring together into one.
6. 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.
7. To insert or assimilate into a written system or scheme.
8. To bring an area of study within the comprehension capacity of a person.
9. To reduce to a particular condition or state, especially one that is undesirable.
10. To reduce something physical to a certain form, especially by destruction.

## Etymology
From Old French redacter, from Latin redactus, perfect passive participle of redigō (“drive, lead, collect, reduce”), from re- (“back”) + agō (“put in motion, drive”). Piecewise doublet of react.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/redact