Redact (Verb)
Meaning 1
Formulate in a particular style or language; "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The artist redacted the painting's original abstract title to make it sound more interpretive and analytical for the art critique magazine.
- Her words were redacted from the internal company report, for it didn't bear the firm's diplomatic and professional tone required for public release.
- The historian redacted the unverified information from the research paper to ensure it's confined to accurately documented historical facts for scholastic integrity.
- To circumvent office gossip, he redacted the parts of his personal email that referred to coworkers when forwarding it to a colleague for possible involvement in the proposed project.
- The lawyer redacted any terms in the corporate contract that bore conflicting terminology or disputed concepts not aligned with the company's predetermined negotiation stance.
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Meaning 2
Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting; "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The editor was asked to redact the sensitive information from the documents before they were released to the public.
- A team of writers will redact the historical texts to make them more accessible to modern readers.
- In order to maintain confidentiality, the names of the sources had to be redacted from the document before it was made public.
- She carefully reviewed the article to redact any potentially libelous statements about the company.
- The publisher hired a professional to redact the memoirs to remove the parts that might offend certain individuals.