verb
- removes the classification or secrecy designation from (a document or information), making it available to the public
Usage: third person singular present tense of declassify
Examples
- The government declassifies certain documents after twenty-five years.
- The agency declassifies reports that no longer pose security risks.
- Congress pressures the administration when it declassifies sensitive materials.
- The president declassifies intelligence files through executive order.
- The military declassifies historical records for researchers.
- The committee declassifies testimony once investigations conclude.