declassify

English

Etymology

de- +‎ classify

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈklæsɪfaɪ/

Verb

declassify (third-person singular simple present declassifies, present participle declassifying, simple past and past participle declassified)

1. to remove the classification from; to lift the restrictions on
   • 2023 June 27 [2021], Donald Trump, 02:18 from the start, in ‘This is secret information’: Hear exclusive audio of Trump discussing classified documents‎^[1], CNN, archived from the original on 2023-06-27:

     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.

Translations

remove the classification from; lift the restrictions on

• Czech: odtajnit
• Esperanto: malsekretigi
• Finnish: poistaa salaisuusluokitus
• Italian: desecretare (it)
• Polish: odtajniać impf, odtajnić (pl) pf
• Russian: рассекре́чивать (ru) impf (rassekréčivatʹ), рассекре́тить (ru) pf (rassekrétitʹ)
• Spanish: desclasificar (es)