The vitiation that breeds evil acts. --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
vitiation — index annulment, contaminate, damage, debauchment, fault (weakness), invalidity, perversion, rescision … Law dictionary
vitiation — 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
vitiation — noun see vitiate … New Collegiate Dictionary
vitiation — See vitiable. * * * … Universalium
vitiation — noun a) a reduction in the value, or an impairment in the quality of something b) moral corruption … Wiktionary
vitiation — 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
vitiation — vi·ti·a·tion || ‚vɪʃɪ eɪʃn n. weakening; corruption … English contemporary dictionary
vitiation — n. Deterioration, degeneration, debasement, degradation, degeneracy, depravation, impairment, injury, corruption, perversion, pollution, prostitution, invalidation … New dictionary of synonyms
vitiation — n 1. impairment, reduction, devaluation, deterioration, depreciation, lowering, descent, fall, detriment; adulteration, pollution, contamination, infection, dilution, poisoning. 2. debasement, abasement, degradation, degeneration, decadence;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
vitiation — vi·ti·a·tion … English syllables
