noun:the process of keeping places free from dirt, infection, disease, etc., by removing waste, trash and garbage, by cleaning streets, etc.
noun:the act or process of making 'sanitary'
often used before another noun
synonyms: hygiene
Examples
Diseases can spread from poor 'sanitation'.
Movie quotes
(..) HARRY: Get him out of here! TONY: So? MANNY: So? What'd you teII them? What you toId me to teII them. That we.... I was in sanitation. They didn't go for it. -Sanitation? -Yeah. I toId you to teII them you was in a sanatarium, not sanitation. (..)