Definition of Redact

1. Noun. Someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication.

Exact synonyms: Redactor, Reviser, Rewrite Man, Rewriter
Specialized synonyms: Abbreviator, Abridger
Generic synonyms: Editor, Editor In Chief
Derivative terms: Revise, Rewrite, Rewrite

2. Verb. Formulate in a particular style or language. "She cast her request in very polite language"
Exact synonyms: Cast, Couch, Frame, Put
Generic synonyms: Articulate, Formulate, Give Voice, Phrase, Word
Derivative terms: Cast, Frame, Redaction

3. Verb. Prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting. "They won't redact the story "; "She edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"
Exact synonyms: Edit
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Alter, Falsify, Interpolate, Cut Up, Hack, Black Out, Blank Out, Copyedit, Copyread, Subedit, Bracket, Bracket Out
Derivative terms: Editing, Editor, Redaction, Redactor

Definition of Redact

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

Definition of Redact

1. to prepare for publication [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Redact

red-legged partridge
red-letter day
red-light district
red-necked grebe
red-riband
red-rimmed
red-shafted flicker
red-short
red-shouldered hawk
red-skinned onion
red-spotted purple
red-tailed
red-tailed hawk
red-veined pie plant
red-winged blackbird
redact (current term)
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