noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text wordnet
3. 3
   Decryption. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

accomplishmentamplificationanswerclarificationcribdecoding

Etymology

From decipher + -ment.

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