decipherment

de·ci·pher

 (dĭ-sī′fər)

tr.v. de·ci·phered, de·ci·pher·ing, de·ci·phers

1. To read or interpret (ambiguous, obscure, or illegible matter).

2. To convert from a code or cipher to plaintext; decode.

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de·ci′pher·a·ble adj.

de·ci′pher·er n.

de·ci′pher·ment n.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

decipherment - the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text; "a secret key or password is required for decryption" decoding, decryption coding, steganography, cryptography, secret writing - act of writing in code or cipher decompression - restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display

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decipherment

noun

Something that serves to explain or clarify:

clarification, construction, elucidation, exegesis, explanation, explication, exposition, illumination, illustration, interpretation.

Archaic: enucleation.

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