Meanings
present singular third person declassifies · participle present declassifying · participle past declassified · past declassified
- to remove the classification from; to lift the restrictions on
There are also two First Class compartments, but these have been declassified for suburban services and will be available to all customers.
2024 July 10, “Network News: First of refurbished Class 458s rejoin South Western Railway fleet”, in RAIL, number 1013, page 131 more example
Trump: This was done by the military and given to me. Uh, I think we can probably, right? / Staffer: I don't know, well, we'll have to see. Yeah, we'll have to try to- / Trump: Declassify it. / Staffer: -figure out a- yeah. / Trump: See as president I could have declassified it. Now I can't, you know, but this is still a secret. / Staffer: Yeah. [Laughter] Now we have a problem. / Trump: Isn't that interesting? / Staffer: Yeah. / Trump: It's so cool.
2023 June 27 [2021], Donald Trump, 02:18 from the start, in ‘This is secret information’: Hear exclusive audio of Trump discussing classified documents, CNN, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2023
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Englishclassify
- Englishdeclassify
Translations
Catalan desclassificar
- desclassificarremove the classification from; lift the restrictions on
Czech odtajnit
- odtajnitremove the classification from; lift the restrictions on
Danish afklassificere
- afklassificereremove the classification from; lift the restrictions on
Esperanto malsekretigi
- malsekretigiremove the classification from; lift the restrictions on
Finnish poistaa salaisuusluokitus
- poistaa salaisuusluokitusremove the classification from; lift the restrictions on
German freigeben
- freigebenremove the classification from; lift the restrictions on
Italian desecretare
- desecretareremove the classification from; lift the restrictions on
Polish odtajniać, odtajnić
- odtajniaćremove the classification from; lift the restrictions on
- odtajnićremove the classification from; lift the restrictions on
Russian рассекре́чивать, рассекре́тить
- рассекре́чивать (rassekréčivatʹ)remove the classification from; lift the restrictions on
- рассекре́тить (rassekrétitʹ)remove the classification from; lift the restrictions on
Spanish desclasificar
- desclasificarremove the classification from; lift the restrictions on
Swedish avhemliga, lyfta hemligstämpel
- avhemligaremove the classification from; lift the restrictions on
- lyfta hemligstämpelremove the classification from; lift the restrictions on
Ukrainian розсекре́чувати, розсекре́тити
- розсекре́чувати (rozsekréčuvaty)remove the classification from; lift the restrictions on
- розсекре́тити (rozsekrétyty)remove the classification from; lift the restrictions on
Vietnamese giải mật
- giải mậtremove the classification from; lift the restrictions on
Welsh digelu
- digeluremove the classification from; lift the restrictions on
Cite this entry
declassify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/declassify
“declassify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/declassify. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “declassify,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/declassify.
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