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Redacting

To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while releasing the remainder.

📖 Definitions of "Redacting"

verb
  1. 1

    To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while releasing the remainder.

    "The military will redact the document before releasing it, blacking out sections that are classified."

  2. 2

    To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.

  3. 3

    To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.

  4. 4

    To draw up or frame a decree, statement, etc.

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