Associations to the word «Redaction»

Wiktionary

REDACTION, noun. (countable) Edited or censored version of a document.
REDACTION, noun. (countable) The change or changes made while editing.
REDACTION, noun. (uncountable) The process of editing or censoring.

Dictionary definition

REDACTION, noun. Putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form.
REDACTION, noun. The act of putting something in writing.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky