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Word: redact (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • legal To black out text for other purposes, such as in law, when legally protected sections of text are obscured in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.
  • To censor, used by a government when parts of a document are kept secret and the remainder released.
  • To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.

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