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Definitions for Vitiate

[1] to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
[2] to impair or weaken the effectiveness of.
[3] to debase; corrupt; pervert.
[4] to make legally defective or invalid; invalidate: to vitiate a claim.
[5] to make faulty or imperfect
[6] to debase, pervert, or corrupt
[7] to destroy the force or legal effect of (a deed, etc) to vitiate a contract

Words related to Vitiate

negate, quash, annihilate, sully, defile, pervert, debase, invalidate, deny, annul, revoke, undo, abolish, nullify, abate, abrogate, recant, undermine, delete, harm

Words nearby Vitiate

vitellogenic, vitellointestinal cyst, vitellus, viti levu, vitiable, vitiate, vitiation, viticetum, viticulture, vitiliginous, vitiligo

Origin of Vitiate

1525–35; < Latin vitiātus, past participle of vitiāre to spoil, derivative of vitium blemish, vice1 + -ātus -ate1

Words that may be confused with Vitiate

ameliorate, obviate, vitiate

Other words from Vitiate

vi·ti·a·tion , noun
vi·ti·a·tor , noun
non·vi·ti·a·tion , noun
un·vi·ti·at·ed , adjective
un·vi·ti·at·ing , adjective

Word origin for Vitiate

C16: from Latin vitiāre to injure, from vitium a fault

Synonyms for Vitiate

annihilate, negate, quash, abate, abolish, abrogate, annul, delete, deny, invalidate, nullify, recant, revoke, undermine, undo