The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Redaction \Re*dac"tion\ (r?*d?k"sh?n), n. [F. r['e]daction.]
   The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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