decrypt

A decoded communication.

Noun

  1. A decoded communication.
    • The decrypts were being obtained from the traffic of 78 German stations by the end of 1941, and of 147 stations by the end of 1942. - 1979, Francis Harry Hinsley, British Intelligence in the Second World War, page 182:

Origin

From de- + -crypt, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, literally “hidden, concealed, private, secret”).

Forms

decrypts

Verb

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

    Synonyms: decipher decode

    Antonyms: encipher encode encrypt

Forms

decrypts decrypting decrypted

Related

decryption

Derived

decryptable decrypter decryptor undecrypted