redaction

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
redaction/rɪˈdakʃ(ə)n/

▶noun

• 1 the process of editing text for publication.

• 2 a version of a text.

– derivatives
redactional adjective.

– origin C18: from Fr. rédaction, from late L. redactio(n-), from redigere ‘bring back’.