Redact - a podcast by Word of the Day

Redact is a verb that means to edit for public consumption.

Our word of the day comes from the Latin word redactus (ray DACT oos), which means ‘reduced.’ When we redact information, we reduce the amount of it. For example: The senator felt compelled to redact the names of those involved in the scandal. But later, voters were outraged to learn that those names had been edited out of the report.

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