DECLASSIFICATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)