Dictionary

redaction en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɹəˈdækʃən/
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Etymology

From French rédaction or its etymon 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”). By surface analysis, redact + -ion.

Meanings

1. (countable) An edited or censored version of a document; a product resulting from the process of editing or censoring.
   • The government supplied only the redaction to the reporters; the original was kept secret.
   • The content of this codex is a redaction of information from various earlier works. [≈ edited selection]
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. [≈ censoring]

Forms

Deriveds

over-redaction · redactional

Relateds

redactor · redact · redactic · recension · redactive

Translations (28)

es testadura (the change or changes made while editing) · es tachadura (the change or changes made while editing) · es expurgación (the change or changes made while editing) · es expurgación (the process of editing or censoring) · ru редакти́рование (the process of editing or censoring) · es expurgación (edited or censored version of a document) · el λογοκρισία (the process of editing or censoring) · ru пересмо́тренное издание (edited or censored version of a document) · es redacción (the process of editing or censoring) · ga cuir in eagar (the process of editing or censoring) · bg редакция (edited or censored version of a document) · ro redactare (edited or censored version of a document) · ru перерабо́тка (edited or censored version of a document) · es expurgo (edited or censored version of a document) · es tachadura (edited or censored version of a document) · es testadura (the process of editing or censoring) · el διατύπωση (edited or censored version of a document) · ru цензури́рование (the process of editing or censoring) · es tachadura (the process of editing or censoring) · cmn 校訂 /校订 (the process of editing or censoring) · es expurgo (the change or changes made while editing) · ga atheagrú (edited or censored version of a document) · bg редактиране (the process of editing or censoring) · cmn 修訂版 /修订版 (edited or censored version of a document) · ga eagrán (edited or censored version of a document) · es expurgo (the process of editing or censoring) · es testadura (edited or censored version of a document) · ru реда́кция (edited or censored version of a document)