{UAH} WORD OF THE DAY July 21, 2019-------------redaction

WORD OF THE DAY July 21, 2019

redaction    noun | rih-DAK-shun   Definition   1 a  :  an act or instance of preparing something for publication     b : an act or instance of obscuring or removing something from a document prior to publication or release    2 :  a work that has been redacted : edition, version   Scroll down for more about redaction     TRENDING NOW: condemn gerrymander gerrymandering concentration camp SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   A Journey to the Moon in 12 Words     The Good, The Bad, & The Semantically Imprecise - 7/19/19   On 'Perpetrate' and 'Perpetuate'     13 Breakfast Foods That Are Also Verbs       WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE     What's that Smell?! Quiz   Words for odors and such...     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try! TAKE ME THERE        Did You Know?   Here's a quiz for all you etymology buffs. Can you pick the words from the following list that come from the same Latin root? A. redaction B. prodigal C. agent D. essay E. navigate F. ambiguous If you guessed all of them, you are right. Now, for bonus points, name the Latin root that they all have in common. If you knew that it is the verb agere, meaning to "to drive, lead, act, or do," you get an A+. Redaction is from the Latin verb redigere ("to bring back" or "to reduce"), which was formed by adding the prefix red- (meaning "back") to agere. Some other agere offspring include act, agenda, cogent, litigate, chasten, agile, and transact.     Examples of REDACTION   "The city released Craddock's emailed resignation, but redacted the send and receive times as well as the recipients. A city attorney said the entire document is considered a personnel record and is subject to redaction under the state's Freedom of Information Act." — Alissa Skelton, The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Virginia), 14 June 2019   "The black redaction box is meant to protect sensitive information from public view. It's supposed to be an impenetrable curtain. But sometimes that curtain is surprisingly easy to raise." — Phillip Bantz, Law.com, 19 Dec. 2018   Word Family Quiz   What is the meaning of the verb indagate, which is derived from Latin agere ("to drive")?   VIEW THE ANSWER              MORE WORD FUN:       WORD GAMES            TRENDING NOW            WORDS AT PLAY      FOLLOW US:

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