noun
- the process of removing the classified or secret status from government documents or information
Usage: government/military
Examples
- The declassification of the Cold War documents revealed new historical details.
- Citizens requested the declassification of files related to the investigation.
- The government announced the declassification of several military reports.
- After twenty years, the declassification process began automatically.
- The declassification revealed previously unknown intelligence operations.
- Historians eagerly awaited the declassification of the archived materials.