declassify

verb

de·​clas·​si·​fy (ˌ)dē-ˈkla-sə-ˌfī 

declassified; declassifying; declassifies

transitive verb

: to remove or reduce the security classification of

declassify a secret document

declassification

(ˌ)dē-ˌkla-sə-fə-ˈkā-shən 

noun

Examples of declassify in a Sentence

The government has not yet declassified that information.

Recent Examples on the Web

Meanwhile, Randy becomes addicted to artificial intelligence while trying to solve all of his problems and Towelie travels to D.C. to try to convince the president to declassify weed as a Schedule 1 narcotic. —Jillian Frankel, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025

Trump as a presidential candidate had promised to declassify those files. —Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025

Trump has claimed political redemption after his Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, last month declassified documents regarding Russia’s role in the 2016 election that undermine intelligence accusations that Russia was attempting to help Trump win. —Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 16 Aug. 2025

Its release comes as Gabbard has declassified a number of records about the 2016 election amid demands on the Trump administration to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein. —Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 14 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for declassify

• acidify
• alveoli
• areolae
• demystify
• detoxify
• disqualify
• diversify
• electrify
• exemplify
• fasciculi
• identify
• indemnify