redaction

/ri'dækʃn/

Thân thiện

The editor performs a careful redaction of the sensitive document.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The act of editing or revising text for publication: "Redaction" refers to the process of preparing a document, manuscript, or legislative text by correcting, condensing, or organizing it.
   • The act of censoring or obscuring part of a text: "Redaction" can also mean the process of removing or hiding sensitive or confidential information from a document before it is released.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The final redaction of the report took several weeks. (The final editing and preparation of the report took several weeks.)
  • The document was released after the redaction of all classified names. (The document was released after all classified names were censored or removed.)

Advanced Usage

• "To undergo redaction": to be edited or censored.
  • The sensitive emails had to undergo redaction before being submitted as evidence. (The sensitive emails had to be censored before being submitted as evidence.)

Variants and Related Words

• Redact (verb): to edit or prepare text for publication; to censor or obscure text.
  • The lawyer will redact the personal addresses from the public file.
• Redactor (noun): a person who edits or prepares text.
  • The redactor worked diligently to prepare the manuscript for the publisher.

Synonyms

• Editing: the process of correcting and preparing text.
• Censorship: the suppression or prohibition of parts of texts considered objectionable.

Related Phrases

• Redaction process: the specific procedure of editing or censoring a document.
  • The redaction process ensured no private data was leaked.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the act of putting something in writing
2. putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form

Từ đồng nghĩa

• editing