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Decrypt has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

A decoded communication.

Verb
1

convert code into ordinary language

2

To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text.

Related Terms
Antonyms
encode
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
rewrite

Origin

The word decrypt comes from the prefix de- combined with crypt, which derives from the Ancient Greek kruptós meaning "hidden" or "secret." It originally referred to making something that was concealed visible again.

Rhyming Words
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