redaction
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See also:rédaction
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]FromNew Latinredactiō(“redaction”),fromLatinredigō(“to lead back, collect, prepare, reduce to a certain state”),fromred-(“back”)+agō(“to put in motion, to drive”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]redaction(countableanduncountable,pluralredactions)
- (countable)Edited or censored version of a document.
- The government supplied only theredactionto the reporters; the original was kept secret.
- (countable)The change or changes made while editing.
- (uncountable)The process of editing or censoring.
- The Expense Claims made by Members of Parliament must be subject toredactionbefore publication under the Freedom of Information Act.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]edited or censored version of a document
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the change or changes made while editing
the process of editing or censoring
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “redaction”,inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
- “redaction”,inThe Century Dictionary[…],New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,1911,→OCLC.
- “redaction”,inOneLook Dictionary Search.
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