declassification
noun [ U ] uk/ˌdiː.klæs.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ us/ˌdiː.klæs.ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
（政治或军事信息）解密，公开
the action of saying officially that political or military information is no longer secret
The law requires the automatic declassification of records after 10 years. 法律要求记录在10年后自动解密。
The President has ordered the declassification of all documents that shed light on human rights abuses. 总统已下令将所有揭示侵犯人权行为的文件解密。
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- The document will be analyzed for declassification by at least three people before being released.
- A huge storage area holds thousands of documents awaiting declassification.
- The release of the information was part of the biggest declassification program in US history.