redaction

English

Etymology

From New Latin redactio (“redaction”), from Latin redigere (“to lead back, collect, prepare, reduce to a certain state”), from red- (“back”) + agere (“to put in motion, to drive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹəˈdækʃən/
• Rhymes: -ækʃən

Noun

redaction (countable and uncountable, plural redactions)

1. (countable) Edited or censored version of a document.

   The government supplied only the redaction to the reporters, the original was kept secret.

2. (countable) The change or changes made while editing.
3. (uncountable) The process of editing or censoring.

   The Expense Claims made by Members of Parliament must be subject to redaction before publication under the Freedom of Information Act.

Related terms

• redact
• redactor

Translations

Edited or censored version of a document

• Russian: редакция (ru) f (redakcija)

The change or changes made while editing

The process of editing or censoring

• Russian: редактирование (ru) n (redaktirovanije), цензурирование (ru) n (cenzurirovanije)

See also

• recension

External links

• redaction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• redaction in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• redaction at OneLook Dictionary Search