declassify
[ dee-klas-uh-fahy ]
/ diˈklæs əˌfaɪ /
verb (used with object), de·clas·si·fied, de·clas·si·fy·ing.
to remove the classification from (information, a document, etc.) that restricts access in terms of secrecy, confidentiality, etc.
Compare classification(def 5).
OTHER WORDS FROM declassify
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Example sentences from the Web for declassify
These experts lobbied to declassify many more than the handful that have thus far been released.
‘Over My Dead Body’: Spies Fight Obama Push to Downsize Terror War |Eli Lake |May 21, 2014 |DAILY BEASTLet us take the former vice president up on his demand for documents and declassify them all.
British Dictionary definitions for declassify
declassify
/ (diːˈklæsɪˌfaɪ) /
verb -fies, -fying or -fied
(tr)
to release (a document or information) from the security list