Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text;
- Example: "a secret key or password is required for decryption"[syn: decoding, decryption, decipherment]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Decipherment \De*ci"pher*ment\, n.
The act of deciphering.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
decipherment
n 1: the activity of making clear or converting from code into
plain text; "a secret key or password is required for
decryption" [syn: decoding, decryption, decipherment]