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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the state of being clean and conducive to health
2: making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing [syn: sanitation, sanitization, sanitisation]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1848 1. the act or process of making sanitary 2. the promotion of hygiene and prevention of disease by maintenance of sanitary conditions (as by removal of sewage and trash) — often used attributively <a sanitation truck> <sanitation workers>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 sanitary conditions. 2 the maintenance or improving of these. 3 the disposal of sewage and refuse from houses etc. Derivatives: sanitate v.tr. & intr. sanitationist n. Etymology: irreg. f. SANITARY

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sanitation San`i*ta"tion, n. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Sanitation is the process of keeping places clean and healthy, especially by providing a sewage system and a clean water supply. ...the hazards of contaminated water and poor sanitation.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Hygiene.

Moby Thesaurus

antisepsis, decontamination, disinfection, disinfestation, epidemiology, flash pasteurization, fumigation, health physics, hygenics, hygiene, hygienics, mental hygiene, pasteurization, preventive dentistry, preventive medicine, prophylactic psychology, prophylactodontia, prophylaxis, public health, sterilization