Redemption vs Redaction - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between redemption and redaction

is that redemption is (religious): redemption; salvation while redaction is editing (act of editing eg a newspaper).

(wikipedia redemption)

the act of redeeming or something redeemed

the recovery, for a fee, of a pawned article

salvation from sin

rescue upon payment of a ransom

* beyond redemption * past redemption * redemption fatigue * redemption price * redemption value

(countable) Edited or censored version of a document.

The government supplied only the redaction to the reporters, the original was kept secret.

(countable) The change or changes made while editing.

(uncountable) The process of editing or censoring.

The Expense Claims made by Members of Parliament must be subject to redaction before publication under the Freedom of Information Act.

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