redacted
Struck from record
Redacted describes text that has been edited to remove or obscure sensitive information before release.
Government documents often appear with redacted passages blacked out: The FBI released the memo with several redacted sections.
The verb redact originally meant simply to edit or prepare for publication, but security redaction now dominates usage.
Removed objectionable material
- bowdlerizedEdited out indecencies
- sanitizedCleansed of contaminants
- scrubbedCleaned thoroughly or canceled
- suppressedForcibly held down
blackout · edited · purged · deleted · erased · obscured · masked · silenced
Restricted from disclosure
- top-secretMaximum security clearance level
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
- clearancePermitted passage or approval
declassified · FOIA · need-to-know · intelligence · government · military · restricted · sealed
Kept out of sight
- concealedMade invisible deliberately
- unknownNot yet discovered
- secretConcealed information
- enigmaticPuzzling and obscure
cryptic · obscured · veiled · undisclosed · unrevealed · withheld · suspicious · intriguing
Something that signals location
- inkWriting fluid
- PDFFixed-layout document format
- reportFormal written findings
- memoBrief internal message
file · transcript · contract · legal · court · deposition · subpoena · discovery
Made untraceable to individuals
- personalRelating to one's self
- PIIIdentity-revealing information
- GDPREU data protection law
- HIPAAMedical privacy statute
compliance · consent · identifiable · names · addresses · SSN · confidential · shielded
expurgated
Removed objectionable material
- bowdlerizedEdited out indecencies
- sanitizedCleansed of contaminants
- scrubbedCleaned thoroughly or canceled
suppressed · blackout · edited · purged · deleted · erased · obscured · masked · silenced · sterilized
classified
Restricted from disclosure
- top-secretMaximum security clearance level
- confidentialMeant to stay secret
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
clearance · declassified · FOIA · need-to-know · intelligence · government · military · restricted · sealed · embargoed
hidden
Kept out of sight
enigmatic · cryptic · obscured · veiled · undisclosed · unrevealed · withheld · suspicious · intriguing · cloak-and-dagger
marker
Something that signals location
memo · file · transcript · contract · legal · court · deposition · subpoena · discovery · paperwork
anonymized
Made untraceable to individuals
HIPAA · compliance · consent · identifiable · names · addresses · SSN · confidential · shielded · non-disclosure
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying
- classifiedtop secret, confidential, restricted, secret, sensitive
- Forbiddenforbidden, prohibited, banned, not allowed, off-limits
- redactedcensored, blacked out, expunged, deleted, erased
- secretssecrecy, secret, trade secret, secrets, confidential
- security termsPIN, password, passwords, encryption, encrypted
redactedunredacted
Not obscured or removed
revealed · disclosed · exposed · published · uncensored
- redacted textConcealed sensitive information
- redaction criticismStudy of textual editing processes
redact, redaction, redactor, redactions, redacting, redacts, redactors, unredacted