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declassify

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de⋅clas⋅si⋅fy

  [dee-klas-uh-fahy]
Use declassify in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
to remove the classification from (information, a document, etc.) that restricts access in terms of secrecy, confidentiality, etc. Compare classification (def. 5).
Origin:
1860–65; de- + classify

Related forms:
de⋅clas⋅si⋅fi⋅a⋅ble, adjective
de⋅clas⋅si⋅fi⋅ca⋅tion  [dee-klas-uh-fi-key-shuhn] , noun
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de·clas·si·fy   (dē-klās'ə-fī')   
tr.v.   de·clas·si·fied, de·clas·si·fy·ing, de·clas·si·fies
To remove official security classification from (a document).
de·clas'si·fi'a·ble adj., de·clas'si·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n.
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Word Origin & History

declassify 
1865, originally a term in logic; with reference to state secrets, 1946; from de- + classify.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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