Redact vs. Retract

Redactverb

To censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while releasing the remainder.

Redactverb

(legal) To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.

Redactverb

To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.

Redactverb

(rare) To draw up or frame a decree, statement, etc.

Redactverb

(obsolete) To bring together in one unit; to combine or bring together into one.

Redactverb

(obsolete) To gather or organize works or ideas into a unified whole; to collect, order, or write in a written document or to put into a particular written form.

Redactverb

To insert or assimilate into a written system or scheme.

Redactverb

To bring an area of study within the comprehension capacity of a person.

Redactverb

(obsolete) To reduce to a particular condition or state, especially one that is undesirable.

Redactverb

(obsolete) To reduce something physical to a certain form, especially by destruction.

Redactverb

To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit.

Redactnoun

someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication

Redactverb

formulate in a particular style or language;

Redactverb

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

Retractverb

(transitive) To pull back inside.

Retractverb

(ambitransitive) To draw back; to draw up.

Retractverb

(transitive) To take back or withdraw something one has said.

Retractverb

To take back, as a grant or favour previously bestowed; to revoke.

Retractverb

To draw back; to draw up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle.

Retractverb

To withdraw; to recall; to disavow; to recant; to take back; as, to retract an accusation or an assertion.

Retractverb

To take back,, as a grant or favor previously bestowed; to revoke.

Retractverb

To draw back; to draw up; as, muscles retract after amputation.

Retractverb

To take back what has been said; to withdraw a concession or a declaration.

Retractnoun

The pricking of a horse's foot in nailing on a shoe.

Retractverb

formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure;

Retractverb

pull away from a source of disgust or fear

Retractverb

use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

Retractverb

pull inward or towards a center;