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English

Etymology

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”).^[1] By surface analysis, redact +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹəˈdækʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ækʃən

Noun

redaction (countable and uncountable, plural redactions)

(countable) An edited or censored version of a document; a product resulting from the process of editing or censoring.
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]
(countable) The change or changes made while editing.
(uncountable) The process of editing or censoring.
The Expense Claims made by Members of Parliament must be subject to redaction before publication under the Freedom of Information Act. [≈ censoring]

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

edited or censored version of a document

Bulgarian: редакция (bg) f (redakcija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 修訂版 / 修订版 (zh) (xiūdìngbǎn)
Greek: διατύπωση (el) f (diatýposi)
Irish: eagrán m, atheagrú m
Romanian: redactare (ro) f
Russian: реда́кция (ru) f (redákcija), перерабо́тка (ru) f (pererabótka), пересмо́тренное издание n (peresmótrennoje izdanije)
Spanish: testadura f, tachadura (es) f, expurgación f, expurgo (es) m

the change or changes made while editing

Spanish: testadura f, tachadura (es) f, expurgación f, expurgo (es) m

the process of editing or censoring — see also censorship

Bulgarian: редактиране (bg) n (redaktirane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 校訂 / 校订 (zh) (jiàodìng)
Greek: λογοκρισία (el) f (logokrisía)
Irish: cuir in eagar
Russian: редакти́рование (ru) n (redaktírovanije), цензури́рование (ru) n (cenzurírovanije)
Spanish: testadura f, tachadura (es) f, expurgación f, expurgo (es) m, redacción (es) f (without censoring)

See also

recension

References

^ “redaction, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Further reading

“redaction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “redaction”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
“redaction”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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