Meanings
plural decryptions
- uncountableusuallyThe process reversing an encryption; the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.
Synonyms: codebreaking · Antonyms: encryption
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe process reversing an encryption; the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekκρυπτός“hidden”
- Englishdecryption
Verbal noun of decrypt, from de- + crypt (only attested in compounds, such as cryptogram) from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”).
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Catalan desencriptació
- desencriptaciódecoding
French décryptage
- décryptagedecoding
German Entschlüsselung
- Entschlüsselungdecoding
Greek αποκρυπτογράφηση
- αποκρυπτογράφηση (apokryptográfisi)decoding
Indonesian dekripsi
- dekripsidecoding
Lithuanian iššifravimas
- iššifravimasdecoding
Persian رمزگشایی
- رمزگشایی (ramz-gošâyi)decoding
Portuguese desencriptação
- desencriptaçãodecoding
Spanish desencriptación
- desencriptacióndecoding
Cite this entry
decryption. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decryption
“decryption.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decryption. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decryption,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decryption.
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