re·dac·tion
(rĭ-dăk′shən)n.
1. The act or process of preparing a document for publication, especially by deleting private or sensitive information.
2. An edited work; a new edition or revision.
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redaction.
1. the preparation of a work for publication, as by editing or revising.
2. a work so treated, an edited version. — redactor, n. — redactorial, adj.
See also: Books2. a work so treated, an edited version. — redactor, n. — redactorial, adj.
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| Noun | 1. |  redaction - putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable formpiece of writing, written material, writing - the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing" literature - creative writing of recognized artistic value copy editing - putting something into a form suitable for a printer excision, deletion, cut - the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage; "an editor's deletions frequently upset young authors"; "both parties agreed on the excision of the proposed clause" correction - something substituted for an error |
| 2. | redaction - the act of putting something in writing authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" |
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