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An edited or censored version of a document; a product resulting from the process of editing or censoring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
- 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]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The change or changes made while editing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The process of editing or censoring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- The Expense Claims made by Members of Parliament must be subject to redaction before publication under the Freedom of Information Act. [≈ censoring]
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the act of putting something in writing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writing, authorship, composition, penning
putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: editing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writing, written material, piece of writing
Narrower terms: copy editing, deletion, excision, cut, correction, rewriting, revising
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.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
редакция
(redakcija)
— edited or censored version of a document
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Chinese Mandarin:
修訂版 /修订版
(xiūdìngbǎn)
— edited or censored version of a document
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Greek:
διατύπωση
(diatýposi)
— edited or censored version of a document
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Irish:
eagrán
— edited or censored version of a document
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Irish:
atheagrú
— edited or censored version of a document
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Romanian:
redactare
— edited or censored version of a document
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Russian:
реда́кция
(redákcija)
— edited or censored version of a document
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Russian:
перерабо́тка
(pererabótka)
— edited or censored version of a document
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Russian:
пересмо́тренное издание
(peresmótrennoje izdanije)
— edited or censored version of a document
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Spanish:
testadura
— edited or censored version of a document
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Spanish:
tachadura
— edited or censored version of a document
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Spanish:
expurgación
— edited or censored version of a document
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Spanish:
expurgo
— edited or censored version of a document
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Spanish:
testadura
— the change or changes made while editing
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Spanish:
tachadura
— the change or changes made while editing
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Spanish:
expurgación
— the change or changes made while editing
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Spanish:
expurgo
— the change or changes made while editing
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Bulgarian:
редактиране
(redaktirane)
— the process of editing or censoring
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Chinese Mandarin:
校訂 /校订
(jiàodìng)
— the process of editing or censoring
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Greek:
λογοκρισία
(logokrisía)
— the process of editing or censoring
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Irish:
cuir in eagar
— the process of editing or censoring
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Russian:
редакти́рование
(redaktírovanije)
— the process of editing or censoring
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Russian:
цензури́рование
(cenzurírovanije)
— the process of editing or censoring
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Spanish:
testadura
— the process of editing or censoring
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Spanish:
tachadura
— the process of editing or censoring
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Spanish:
expurgación
— the process of editing or censoring
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Spanish:
expurgo
— the process of editing or censoring
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Spanish:
redacción
— the process of editing or censoring
