different between redact vs recuse

English

Etymology

From Old French redacter, from Latin redactus, perfect passive participle of redig? (“drive, lead, collect, reduce”), from re- (“back”) + ag? (“put in motion, drive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???dækt/
• Rhymes: -ækt

Verb

redact (third-person singular simple present redacts, present participle redacting, simple past and past participle redacted)

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

   The military will redact the document before releasing it, blacking out sections that are classified.

   The names and email addresses of the users were redacted from the public data.

2. (law) To black out legally protected sections of text in a document provided to opposing counsel, typically as part of the discovery process.
3. To reduce to form, as literary matter; to digest and put in shape (matter for publication); to edit. [from 19th c.]
4. (rare) To draw up or frame a decree, statement, etc. [from 19th c.]
5. (obsolete) To bring together in one unit; to combine or bring together into one. [15th-16th c.]
6. (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. [15th-17th c.]
7. (obsolete, rare) To insert or assimilate into a written system or scheme. [16th c.]
8. (obsolete, rare) To bring an area of study within the comprehension capacity of a person. [17th c.]
9. (obsolete) To reduce to a particular condition or state, especially one that is undesirable. [16th-18th c.]
10. (obsolete) To reduce something physical to a certain form, especially by destruction. [16th-17th c.]

Derived terms

• redaction
• redactor
• unredact

Translations

See also

• abridge
• censor
• digest
• edit
• summarise, summarize
• bowdlerise, bowdlerize

Further reading

• redact in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• redact in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• redact at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• carted, cedrat, crated, traced

English

Etymology

From Middle English recusen, from Old French recuser, from Latin rec?s?, rec?s?re (“I refuse, decline; I object to; I protest”). The word ruse is possibly related to the aforementioned. See recusant. See more at cause, accuse, excuse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???kju?z/

Verb

recuse (third-person singular simple present recuses, present participle recusing, simple past and past participle recused)

1. (transitive) To refuse or reject (a judge); to declare that the judge shall not try the case or is disqualified from acting.

2. (intransitive, of a judge) To refuse to act as a judge; to declare oneself disqualified from acting.

Usage notes

• The usage examples mention a judge, however this is not limiting. A prosecuting or defending official (police or legal) can also recuse themselves or be recused for conflict of interest, as can a member of a jury.

Derived terms

• unrecuse

Related terms

• recusal
• recusant
• recusancy

Translations

Anagrams

• Creuse, Rescue, cereus, ceruse, cursee, rescue, secuer, secure

Portuguese

Verb

recuse

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of recusar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of recusar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of recusar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of recusar

Spanish

Verb

recuse

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of recusar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of recusar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of recusar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of recusar.