decryption

Verbal noun of decrypt, from de- + crypt (only attested in compounds, such as cryptogram) from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈkɹɪpʃən/

decryption (usually uncountable, plural decryptions)

1. The process reversing an encryption, i.e. the process which converts encrypted data into its original form.

• codebreaking

• encryption

• decrypt

• to decipher