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Vinony

sanitization

noun

  1. process of removing sensitive information
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English sanitize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English sanitization From sanitize + -ation.

  1. The act of sanitizing something.
  2. The process of editing a security-classified document in order to reduce its classification level.