vitiation

  • 1Vitiation — Vi ti*a tion, n. [L. vitiatio.] The act of vitiating, or the state of being vitiated; depravation; corruption; invalidation; as, the vitiation of the blood; the vitiation of a contract. [1913 Webster] The vitiation that breeds evil acts. G. Eliot …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2vitiation — index annulment, contaminate, damage, debauchment, fault (weakness), invalidity, perversion, rescision …

    Law dictionary

  • 3vitiation — noun nullification by the destruction of the legal force; rendering null the vitiation of the contract • Derivationally related forms: ↑vitiate • Hypernyms: ↑nullification, ↑override …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 4vitiation — noun see vitiate …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 5vitiation — See vitiable. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 6vitiation — noun a) a reduction in the value, or an impairment in the quality of something b) moral corruption …

    Wiktionary

  • 7vitiation — A change that impairs utility or reduces efficiency. [L. vitiatio fr. vitio, pp. vitiatus, to corrupt, fr. vitium, vice] * * * vi·ti·a·tion (vish″e aґshən) [L. vitiatio] impairment of efficiency; the perversion of any process so as to… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 8vitiation — vi·ti·a·tion || ‚vɪʃɪ eɪʃn n. weakening; corruption …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 9vitiation — n. Deterioration, degeneration, debasement, degradation, degeneracy, depravation, impairment, injury, corruption, perversion, pollution, prostitution, invalidation …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 10vitiation — n 1. impairment, reduction, devaluation, deterioration, depreciation, lowering, descent, fall, detriment; adulteration, pollution, contamination, infection, dilution, poisoning. 2. debasement, abasement, degradation, degeneration, decadence;… …

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