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REDACTION

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of putting something in writing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("redaction" is a kind of...):

authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)

Derivation:

redact (formulate in a particular style or language)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form

Synonyms:

editing; redaction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("redaction" is a kind of...):

piece of writing; writing; written material (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect))

Domain category:

literature (creative writing of recognized artistic value)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "redaction"):

copy editing (putting something into a form suitable for a printer)

cut; deletion; excision (the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage)

correction (something substituted for an error)

revising; rewriting (editing that involves writing something again)

Derivation:

redact (prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting)

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