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Here's a quiz for all you etymology buffs. Can you pick the words from the following list that come from the same Latin root?
A. redaction B. prodigal C. agent D. essay
E. navigate F. ambiguous
If you guessed all of them, you are right. Now, for bonus points, name the Latin root that they all have in common. If you knew that it is the verb agere, meaning to "to drive, lead, act, or do," you get an A+. Redaction is from the Latin verb redigere ("to bring back" or "to reduce"), which was formed by adding the prefix red- (meaning "back") to agere. Some other agere offspring include act, agenda, cogent, litigate, chasten, agile, and transact.
Examples of redaction in a Sentence
CBS News, 30 Dec. 2025
The latest batch of material included dozens of video clips and other documents with many redactions.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 23 Dec. 2025
The latest release includes dozens of video clips and 29,000 pages of documents, with many redactions.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
Nearly all of the files made public Tuesday contain at least some redactions, primarily of names and email addresses.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 23 Dec. 2025
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“Redaction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/redaction. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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