English noun: decryption | |||
| 1. | decryption (act) the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text | ||
| Samples | A secret key or password is required for decryption. | ||
| Synonyms | decipherment, decoding | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | coding, cryptography, secret writing, steganography | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | decompression | ||