Redaction is from the Latin verb redigere ("to bring back" or "to reduce"), which was formed by adding the prefix red- (meaning "back") to agere. Some other agere offspring include act, agenda, cogent, …

Redaction or sanitization is the process of removing sensitive information from a document so that it may be distributed to a broader audience. It is intended to allow the selective disclosure of information.

1 day ago · “Redact” once meant to edit. But around the middle of the 20th century, it began to refer to one particular kind of editing. Instead of coherence, the point was concealment.

Definition of redaction noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Removing and getting rid of things (Definition of redaction from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

REDACTION definition: the editing of text so as to hide or remove confidential or sensitive information. See examples of redaction used in a sentence.

Church and state must now release documents in full, without using privacy concerns as an excuse for mass redaction.