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declassify
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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).

de·classi·fia·ble adj.
de·classi·fi·cation (-f-kshn) n.

declassify
Verb
[-fies, -fying, -fied] to state officially that (information or a document) is no longer secret
declassification n
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Verb1.declassify - lift the restriction on and make available again; "reclassify the documents"
free, release - make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
classify - declare unavailable, as for security reasons; "Classify these documents"

To cancel the security classification of an item of classified matter. Also called DECL. See also downgrade.
Translations
Spanish declassify [diːˈklæsɪfaɪ] vtpermitir que salga a la luz
French declassify [diːˈklæsɪfaɪ] vtrendre accessible au public or à tous
German declassify [diːˈklæsɪfaɪ] vtfreigeben
Italian declassify [diːˈklæsɪfaɪ] vtrendere accessibile al pubblico

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They organized politically and built coalitions with lawmakers in the midst of tough antigay battles, formed caucuses within various professions, and won huge victories by both decriminalizing homosexuality and declassifying it as a pathology.
In 1995, President Clinton signed an order declassifying all intelligence satellite photography taken before 1972.
and British pressure on other countries to provide their own accounting of their wartime behavior by declassifying archives and answering some questions evoked by the Swiss report: Where and how did Nazi Germany obtain its gold, and what did it do with it?
 
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