redaction
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8.5
- noun
- /rɪˈdækʃən/
- Formal
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redacción
- The editor's job included careful redaction of any personal details that could compromise the privacy of the interview subjects.
Examples
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Judge Markow agreed with Philip Morris that the redactions raised troublesome questions of credibility.
Academic text (1995) -
The government implemented a thorough redaction process to remove sensitive information from the report before its release.
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His response to this was to demand that the five organizations assist in the task of redaction.
Academic text (2011) -
When we produce those documents, a whole new image file is created with the redactions built in.
Blog text (4) -
Thus, it is the processes of selection, redaction, and arrangement that turn facts into myth and history into ethnic memories.
Academic text (2000) -
Senator Feinstein has asked the White House to head up final comments and redactions.
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Do you plan to push back against these redactions and publish the censored materials later?
Blog text (11) -
ABC gave Philip Morris a 122-page transcript of that interview, with redactions ABC says were necessary to protect the source's identity.
Academic text (1995) -
After the judge ruled the release of the report—with redactions—both HSBC and the DOJ appealed that decision.
Academic text (2018) -
Before publishing the research findings, the team made several redactions to protect confidential data from being disclosed.
Synonyms
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2.7
The act of preparing writing, videos, or recordings for sharing by correcting and arranging them
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3.7
Changing a text to make it clearer or better
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3.6
A process of checking and correcting written text to make it clear and accurate before publication
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9.9
Removing or changing parts of a text that people find offensive to make it acceptable for more readers
The act of changing writing to make it clearer
Removing part of a text to make it shorter
How Thorough
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Morphology
Etymology
Redaction comes from the Latin word redigere, which meant 'to bring back' or 'to put into a new form'. So a redaction is when someone brings a text into a new form — they edit it or cut out sensitive parts to make it ready for readers.