Redaction is from the Latin verb redigere ("to bring back" or "to reduce"), which was formed by adding the prefix red- (meaning "back") to agere. Some other agere offspring include act, agenda, cogent, …

Redaction or sanitization is the process of removing sensitive information from a document so that it may be distributed to a broader audience. It is intended to allow the selective disclosure of information.

Aug 10, 2025 · Redaction is the process of obscuring or removing sensitive information from a document or record before it is released or shared. This practice serves to protect privacy, maintain …

That act of deliberately obscuring or removing information from a document before it's shared is called redaction. It's the legal system's version of a “black marker,” used not to hide the truth, but to protect …

Redaction is the process of permanently removing or obscuring sensitive, confidential, or legally privileged information from a document before it is released, shared, or published.

REDACTION definition: the editing of text so as to hide or remove confidential or sensitive information. See examples of redaction used in a sentence.

Removing and getting rid of things (Definition of redaction from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)