DECLASSIFICATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does declassification mean? 

• DECLASSIFICATION (noun)
  The noun DECLASSIFICATION has 1 sense:

1. reduction or removal by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapon

  Familiarity information: DECLASSIFICATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECLASSIFICATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reduction or removal by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("declassification" is a kind of...):

decrease; diminution; reduction; step-down (the act of decreasing or reducing something)

Antonym:

classification (restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people)

Derivation:

declassify (lift the restriction on and make available again)