Clearance
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
Formal certification of authorization to have access to classified information other than that protected in a special access program (including SCI). Clearances are of three types: confidential, secret, and top secret. A top secret clearance permits access to top secret, secret, and confidential material; a secret clearance, to secret and confidential material; and a confidential clearance, to confidential material.
polysemousNISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2
Senses
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary
The process of transmitting, reconciling, and in some cases, confirming payment orders or financial instrument transfer instructions prior to settlement.
Wordset Dictionary
permission to proceed
Wordset Dictionary
the distance by which one thing clears another
Wordset Dictionary
vertical space available to allow easy passage under something
Classifications
Entity Type
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Sensitivity
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Information Class
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Variants
- synonym
- headroom
- plural
- Clearances
- possessive
- Clearance's
- pluralpossessive
- Clearances'