redaction

See also: rédaction

English

Etymology

From New Latin redactiō (“redaction”), from Latin redigō (“to lead back, collect, prepare, reduce to a certain state”), from red- (“back”) + agō (“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

• Bulgarian: редакция (bg) f (redakcija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 修訂版／修订版 (zh) (xiūdìngbǎn)

• Greek: διατύπωση (el) f (diatýposi)
• Irish: eagrán m, atheagrú m
• Romanian: redactare (ro) f
• Russian: реда́кция (ru) f (redákcija), перерабо́тка (ru) f (pererabótka), пересмо́тренное издание n (peresmótrennoje izdanije)

the change or changes made while editing

the process of editing or censoring

• Bulgarian: редактиране (bg) n (redaktirane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 校訂／校订 (zh) (jiàodìng)

• Greek: λογοκρισία (el) f (logokrisía)
• Irish: cuir in eagar
• Russian: редакти́рование (ru) n (redaktírovanije), цензури́рование (ru) n (cenzurírovanije)

See also

• recension

Further reading

• “redaction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “redaction”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “redaction”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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