English Explanatory Dictionary

vitiation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A reduction in the value, or an impairment in the quality of something.
  2. Moral corruption.
  3. An abolition or abrogation.

Word forms

vitiation vitiations viciation

Etymology

From Latin vitiare (“to spoil, damage”).

Synonyms

degeneracy malignity turpitude baseness corruption defilement degradation depravation depravedness depravity impurity iniquity lewdity misdoing misguilt obliquity peccability perversion pollution pravity sin sinfulness vitiation wickedness wrongdoing annulment devalidation revocation abolition abrogation cancellation deauthentication invalidation nullification renunciation termination
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