See Also: redaction(dictionary)
Redaction(law)

redaction (iou)



redaction noun. E17.
[In sense 1 from late Latin redactio(n-), from redact-: see REDACT, -ION. In sense 2 from French redaction.]
The action of driving back; resistance, reaction. rare. E-M17.
a. The action or process of preparing something for publication; revision, editing, arrangement in a certain form. L18.
b. The result of such a process; a new edition; an adaptation, an abridged version. E19.
Comb.: redaction critic a person who engages in redaction criticism; redaction-critical adjective of the nature of redaction criticism; redaction criticism examination of the ways in which the gospel writers edited their material, with the aim of discovering their theological ideas.
redactional adjective L19.