unredact

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verb

To restore (redacted material).

“Please unredact the names of the witnesses.”

Scrabble 11

Meanings

verbunredact (third-person singular simple present unredacts, present participle unredacting, simple past and past participle unredacted)

present singular third person unredacts · participle present unredacting · participle past unredacted · past unredacted

  1. transitiveTo restore (redacted material).

    Please unredact the names of the witnesses.

    1 more example

    According to administration sources familiar with the discussions, there is internal debate about the best way forward, including whether the Justice Department should submit to calls, such as from far-right Trump ally Laura Loomer, to appoint a special counsel on the Epstein kerfuffle, whether the government should un-redact certain portions of already public documents, or whether the administration should do something else entirely.

    2025 July 16, Ryan Bort and Asawin Suebsaeng, “Trump calls Epstein conspiracy a ‘hoax’ and turns on Maga ‘weaklings’”, in Rolling Stone
  2. transitiveTo restore redacted material in (a document).

    It will be necessary to unredact the list that contains the witnesses' names.

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Cite this entry
APA

unredact. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unredact

MLA

“unredact.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unredact. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unredact,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unredact.

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