Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Redaction \Re*dac"tion\ (r?*d?k"sh?n), n. [F. r['e]daction.]
   The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.

Source : WordNet®

redaction
     n 1: putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill)
          into acceptable form [syn: {editing}]
     2: the act of putting something in writing