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Meaning of 'vitiate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Vitiate [ v. t.]
- To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air.
- To cause to fail of effect, either wholly or in part; to make void; to destroy, as the validity or binding force of an instrument or transaction; to annul; as, any undue influence exerted on a jury vitiates their verdict; fraud vitiates a contract.

Meaning of 'vitiate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . vitiate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality
Example in sentence:
  • corrupt the morals;
  • debauch the young people with wine and women;
  • Do school counselors subvert young children?;
  • Socrates was accused of corrupting young men
Meaning (2):
- take away the legal force of or render ineffective
Example in sentence:
  • invalidate a contract
Meaning (3):
- make imperfect
Example in sentence:
  • nothing marred her beauty

Nearby Words:

vitaille vital vitalic vitalism vitalist vitalistic vitality vitalization vitalize vitalized

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