sanitation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state of being clean and conducive to health
  2. noun making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing
    sanitization; sanitisation.

WordNet


San`i*ta"tion noun
Definitions
  1. The act of rendering sanitary; the science of sanitary conditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary measures; hygiene.
    How much sanitation has advanced during the last half century. H. Hartshorne.

Webster 1913