Associations to the word «Redact»

REDACT, verb. To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while releasing the remainder.

REDACT, verb. (legal) To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.

REDACT, verb. To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit. [from 19th c.]

REDACT, verb. (rare) To draw up or frame a decree, statement, etc. [from 19th c.]

REDACT, verb. (obsolete) To bring together in one unit; to combine or bring together into one. [15th-16th c.]

REDACT, verb. (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.]

REDACT, verb. (obsolete) (rare) To insert or assimilate into a written system or scheme. [16th c.]

REDACT, verb. (obsolete) (rare) To bring an area of study within the comprehension capacity of a person. [17th c.]

REDACT, verb. (obsolete) To reduce to a particular condition or state, especially one that is undesirable. [16th-18th c.]

REDACT, verb. (obsolete) To reduce something physical to a certain form, especially by destruction. [16th-17th c.]

REDACT, noun. Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication.

REDACT, verb. Formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language".

REDACT, verb. Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages".