declassification

de·clas·si·fy  (d-kls-f)

tr.v. de·clas·si·fied, de·clas·si·fy·ing, de·clas·si·fies

To remove official security classification from (a document).

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de·classi·fia·ble adj.

de·classi·fi·cation (-f-kshn) n.

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The determination that, in the interests of national security, classified information no longer requires any degree of protection against unauthorized disclosure, coupled with removal or cancellation of the classification designation.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

declassification - reduction or removal by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapon reduction, step-down, diminution, decrease - the act of decreasing or reducing something classification - restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people

Translations

declassification

n (of information) → Freigabe f