Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The study and application of procedures and measures designed to protect public health, as in the provision of clean water and the disposal of sewage and waste.
  • noun The disposal of sewage and waste.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The practical application of knowledge and science to the preservation of health; the putting and keeping in a sanitary condition.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of rendering sanitary; the science of sanitary conditions; the preservation of health; the use of sanitary measures; hygiene.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The hygienic disposal or recycling of waste.
  • noun The policy and practice of protecting health through hygienic measures.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun making something sanitary (free of germs) as by sterilizing
  • noun the state of being clean and conducive to health

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[sanit(ary) + –ation.]

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From sanitary +‎ -ation

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Examples

  • Advances in sanitation, medicine, productivity, etc. have made life so radically different that comparing a standard of living from one era to the next is nothing but a curiosity.

    Income over Time, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • "Affirms that the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation is derived from the right to an adequate standard of living and inextricably related to the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, as well as the right to life and human dignity"

    Peter H. Gleick: A Long Time Coming: The Human Right to Water Peter H. Gleick 2010

  • They dealt daily with no running water and the very basic in sanitation as they waited for improvements from the state.

    The Sanctuary of Outcasts (copy) ____Maggie 2009

  • I'd toss in vaccination and antibiotics in the developed world, but water sanitation is the one big thing.

    Health Care Economics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • "Affirms that the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation is derived from the right to an adequate standard of living and inextricably related to the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, as well as the right to life and human dignity"

    Peter H. Gleick: A Long Time Coming: The Human Right to Water Peter H. Gleick 2010

  • So sanitation is bad for a lot of the city, even beyond where the tent camps are.

    Haiti's Cholera Epidemic Slows But Stays Deadly 2010

  • Lack of sanitation is one of the greatest risks in Port-au-Prince, as more than a million people now live in 116 improvised camps without latrines in school yards, soccer stadiums and even the front yard of the presidential palace, said Steve Hollingworth, chief operating officer for CARE.

    U.S. military boosts aid to quake-ravaged Haiti 2010

  • They dealt daily with no running water and the very basic in sanitation as they waited for improvements from the state.

    Archive 2009-09-01 ____Maggie 2009

  • "Affirms that the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation is derived from the right to an adequate standard of living and inextricably related to the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, as well as the right to life and human dignity"

    Peter H. Gleick: A Long Time Coming: The Human Right to Water Peter H. Gleick 2010

  • The idea that the Jewish dietary laws were primarily about sanitation is naive at best, and doesn't explain why Jesus threw them out …

    Carry-Over Thread 2007

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