Definition of "declassify" [declassify]

• To remove official security classification from (a document). (verb-transitive)

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• "He avoids dealing with why the president decided to "declassify" that NIE without informing the CIA."
• "Did the President only "declassify" the key judgments section, or did he also "declassify" the portion of the text that Libby misrepresented to Miller?"
• "The term "declassify" as used herein means to remove the security classification."