redact

  1. Verb.  To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.
  2. Verb.  To censor, used by a government when parts of a document are kept secret and the remainder released.
  3. Verb.  (legal) To black out text for other purposes, such as in law, when legally protected sections of text are obscured in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.

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