noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of sanitizing something. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing wordnet
3. 3
   The process of editing a security-classified document in order to reduce its classification level. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

sanitationsanitationsanitisation

Etymology

From sanitize + -ation.

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