"redact" meaning in English

See redact in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /rɪˈdækt/ Audio: en-us-redact.ogg [US], en-au-redact.ogg [Australia] Forms: redact [canonical], redacts [third-person, singular], redacted [past], redacted [past, participle], redacting [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you redact names or other information in a document, you black out or remove those parts. Synonyms: censor
    Sense id: simple-redact-en-verb-qDoTnSbg
  2. If you redact a literary text, you change or edit it to be ready for publication.
    Sense id: simple-redact-en-verb-NYw~pG9a
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