unclassify

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ classify or possibly Back-formation from unclassified.

Verb

unclassify (third-person singular simple present unclassifies, present participle unclassifying, simple past and past participle unclassified)

1. To declassify.
   • 1986, Opinions of the Attorneys-General of the State of Georgia, page 82:

     This is in response to your request for my official opinion concerning whether an appointing authority can unclassify a position for use exclusively by a second appointing authority.

   • 2000, Field Artillery, page 37:

     However, if both AFATDS and IFSAS are operating in the unclassified mode, IFSAS still must unclassify each message before sending it to AFATDS.

   • 2004, Neil Mavis, Deorbit the Space Shuttle: Stem Cell Rescue, page 152:

     He claims they don't have anything to unclassify.