-kshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: French rédaction, from Late Latin redaction-, redactio action of bringing back, gathering together, reduction, from Latin redactus + -ion-, -io -ion
1.
a. : an act or instance of preparing for publication : exposition , revision
deciding that your search for material is completed, you turn to its redaction — AndréMorize
b. : an act or instance of putting into a different written form : adaptation , translation
a novel which seems as though it were the redaction of a play — W.T.Scott
English redactions of earlier French romances
2. : a work that has been redacted : edition , version
it may be expedient to edit the various redactions separately — L.P.G.Peckham
• re·dac·tion·al -n ə l adjective