From Latin redigere 'to bring back, compile,' originally editing for publication, now also censoring sensitive text.
The process of editing text for publication, or the censoring of parts of a document for legal or security reasons.
From French rédaction, from Late Latin redāctionem 'a bringing back, reduction,' from Latin redigere 'to bring back, reduce, compile,' from re- 'back' + agere 'to drive.' Originally meant preparing a text for publication by editing and arranging. The censorship sense—blacking out sensitive information—is a 20th-century development. Key roots: *h₂eǵ- (Proto-Indo-European: "to drive"), *re- (Latin: "back,