Decrypt

/diːˈkrɪpt/ verb

To decrypt is to change secret or coded information back into normal, readable form.

It combines “de-,” meaning “reverse,” with “crypt,” from Greek “kryptos,” meaning “hidden.” So to decrypt is literally to “un-hide” what was concealed.

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