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Noun: decipherment  di'sI-fu(r)-munt
  1. The activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text
    "The archaeologist's decipherment of the ancient script led to new insights about the civilization";
    - decoding, decryption

Derived forms: decipherments

Type of: coding, cryptography, secret writing, steganography

Encyclopedia: Decipherment