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Redaction

The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.

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Broader term 4

Authorship 76% connected

The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Composition 76% connected

The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Penning 76% connected

of Pen

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Writing 76% connected

of Write

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 5

Correction 76% connected

The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cut 76% connected

of Cut

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Deletion 76% connected

Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Excision 76% connected

The act of excising or cutting out or off; extirpation; destruction.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Revising 76% connected

of Revise

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Couch 74% connected

To lay upon a bed or other resting place.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Couch 74% connected

To lay upon a bed or other resting place.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Redact 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Redact 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 1

Editing 92% connected

of Edit

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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