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redaction

/ɹəˈdækʃən/

redaction noun: an edited or censored version of a document; a product resulting from the process of editing or censoring.

Noun

redaction (countable and uncountable, plural redactions)

  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]

redaction meaning in Urdu and Kannada

redaction in Urdu

سینسر شدہ مسودہ, تدوین

redaction in Kannada

ಸಂಪಾದನೆ, ಪ್ರಕಟಣೆಗಾಗಿ ಸಿದ್ಧಪಡಿಸುವುದು, ಹೊಸ ಮುದ್ರಣ, ಆವೃತ್ತಿ, ಪರಿಷ್ಕೃತ ಆವೃತ್ತಿ, ಪರಿಷ್ಕರಣ

Forms of redaction

pluralredactions

Origin of redaction

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.

Words formed from redaction

Words that rhyme with redaction

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Questions about redaction

What does redaction mean?
Redaction means an edited or censored version of a document; a product resulting from the process of editing or censoring.
What is redaction in Urdu?
Redaction in Urdu is سینسر شدہ مسودہ, تدوین. See Redaction meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is redaction?
Redaction is a noun.
How do you pronounce redaction?
Redaction is pronounced /ɹəˈdækʃən/.
What is the plural of redaction?
The plural of redaction is redactions.

Words near redaction in the dictionary

  1. redact
  2. redactable
  3. redacted
  4. redactic
  5. redacting
  6. redaction
  7. redactional
  8. redactions
  9. redactive
  10. redactor
  11. redactor in chief

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: redaction (page history and authors); redaction (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); redaction (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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