unclassify
Make publicly available
To unclassify is to remove the classified status from information, making secret or restricted documents available to the public.
Government agencies unclassify materials after a set period or when secrecy is no longer warranted: The CIA unclassified thousands of Cold War documents.
Declassify is the more common term.
Remove a fastening from
- releaseTo let go
- discloseReveal hidden information
- revealMake something visible
- redactConceal text for secrecy
FOIA · clearance · confidential · secret · restricted · sensitive · documents · records
Assign to different group
- reassignAllocate to new duties
- redesignateAssign a new classification
- relabelAssign a new designation
- recodeConvert between formats
regroup · resort · reshuffle · reorder · reassess · reevaluate · reexamine · review
Finest taxonomic rank
- genusTaxonomic rank above species
- familyRelated people together
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- phylumMajor classification rank
kingdom · nomenclature · systematics · cladistics · phylogenetics · binomial · revision · synonymize
unseal
Remove a fastening from
redact · FOIA · clearance · confidential · secret · restricted · sensitive · documents · records · intelligence
recategorize
Assign to different group
- reassignAllocate to new duties
- redesignateAssign a new classification
- relabelAssign a new designation
recode · regroup · resort · reshuffle · reorder · reassess · reevaluate · reexamine · review · revise
species
Finest taxonomic rank
- genusTaxonomic rank above species
- familyRelated people together
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
phylum · kingdom · nomenclature · systematics · cladistics · phylogenetics · binomial · revision · synonymize · lump
remove
Take something away
reset · clear · strip · detach · extract · withdraw · disassociate · ungroup · untag
unclassifyclassify
Arrange by shared traits
conceal · keep secret · reclassify · restrict · redact