decipherment

Other forms: decipherments

Definitions of decipherment
  1. noun
    the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text
    synonyms: decoding, decryption
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    types:
    decompression
    restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display
    type of:
    coding, cryptography, secret writing, steganography
    act of writing in code or cipher
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