Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Neutralization
Neu′tral·i·za′tion (nū′tral·ĭ·zā′shŭn), n. [Cf. F. neutralisation.] 1. The act or process of neutralizing, or the state of being neutralized.
2. (Chem.) The act or process by which an acid and a base are combined in such proportions that the resulting compound is neutral. See Neutral, a., 4.