- The act or process of neutralizing, or the state of
being neutralized. - 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.
Meaning of 'neutralization' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 . neutralization
[ n]
Meaning (1): - action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war