redaction

Pronunciation: /ɹəˈdækʃən/

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form
  2. noun the act of putting something in writing

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”). By surface analysis, redact + -ion.

In classic literature

Synonyms

editing

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
writing
Narrower (hyponyms)
rewriting, correction, deletion, copy editing

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