Synonyms for redact
rɪˈdæktredact

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1. redact, redactor, reviser, rewriter, rewrite manverb

   someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication

   Synonyms:
   rewrite man, reviser, redactor, rewriter

2. frame, redact, cast, put, couchverb

   formulate in a particular style or language

   "I wouldn't put it that way"; "She cast her request in very polite language"

   Synonyms:
   vomit, roll, vagabond, frame in, barf, lay, draw up, ramble, set up, compose, spue, disgorge, range, commit, be sick, invest, sick, stray, rove, honk, place, frame, entrap, chuck, drop, puke, throw, cast, assign, edit, mould, purge, cat, wander, upchuck, arrange, vomit up, border, order, position, ensnare, pose, hurtle, mold, cast off, shake off, throw off, swan, throw away, regorge, tramp, contrive, frame up, draw, spew, hurl, regurgitate, throw up, drift, set, couch, project, retch, put, roam, shed

3. edit, redactverb

   prepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting

   "Edit a book on lexical semantics"; "she edited the letters of the politician so as to omit the most personal passages"

   Synonyms:
   cast, edit out, edit, blue-pencil, cut, put, frame, couch, delete

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1. Twitter General Counsel Sean Edgett:

   We chose not to redact any information -- we fully stand behind our SEC filings, the methodologies we use to calculate mDAU, and our statements about the percentage of spam accounts on our platform.

2. Adam Schiff:

   House Intelligence Committee has, in a sense, hijacked what should have been an uncontroversial straightforward review of congressional transcripts to identify and redact any classified information, and attempted to expand it into an unsolicited after the fact review for information purportedly protected by executive privilege.

3. David Snyder:

   Is the mere existence of an employee's name secret or to be withheld from the public? Certainly not, the mere existence of a name isn't something they are entitled to redact.

4. Jonathan Turley:

   The Justice Department continues to operate as if everyone is asking for full disclosure, they can redact portions of the affidavit. They can allow the court to review the redaction and make judgments as to how sensitive the provisions might be. But they oppose it wholesale to the detriment of the American public.

5. Megan Imbert:

   That’s not true — we can redact our names, there’s over 120 participants, and we deserve to have the findings be shown to the public so there’s actual accountability.