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   vitiate

   /ˈvɪʃɪeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of: formal "development programmes have been vitiated by the rise in population"
   • ▪ destroy or impair the legal validity of: formal "the insurance is vitiated because of foolish acts on the part of the tenant"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin vitiat- ‘impaired’, from the verb vitiare, from vitium (see vice1).

   Derivatives

   • 1. vitiation noun
   • 2. vitiator noun

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   What does Viti mean?

   • To weaken morally; debase; pervert. To make (a contract, or other legal instrument) ineffective; invalidate. To interfere with; to impair; to render null and void; to cause to have no effect. From vitiātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin vitiō (“damage, spoil"), from vitium (“vice").

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   What does vitiate mean on a playground?

   • Vitiate is often used when a legal agreement is made invalid, but it can also refer to the debasement or corruption of something or someone. If a malicious five-year-old on the playground teaches the other children to lie with their fingers crossed, she would be responsible for vitiating the playground community.

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   What does vitiate mean?

   • 毀壞, 破壞, 削弱… 毁坏, 破坏, 削弱… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! VITIATE definition: 1. to destroy or damage something: 2. to destroy or damage something: . Learn more.

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   Where does the word vitiate come from?

   • If you’re itching to find fault with the word vitiate, you don’t have to look far—the word comes ultimately from the Latin noun vitium, which refers to a fault, vice, shortcoming, or impediment to success or perfection.

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   What is another word for 'vitiate'?

   • Find another word for vitiate. In this page you can discover 72 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for 'vitiate', such as: cancel, invalidate, annul, rescind, contaminate, revoke, abolish, nullify, void, neutralize, and soil.

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   What is the difference between debase and vitiate?

   • debase implies a loss of position, worth, value, or dignity. vitiate implies a destruction of purity, validity, or effectiveness by allowing entrance of a fault or defect. deprave implies moral deterioration by evil thoughts or influences. corrupt implies loss of soundness, purity, or integrity.

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   Vitiate means to destroy or damage something, especially in a formal context. Learn how to use this verb with sentences, synonyms and translations from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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     VITIATE translate: 毁坏；破坏；削弱. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     VITIATE translate: 毀壞；破壞；削弱. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   Vitiate means to make faulty, defective, or ineffective, or to debase in moral or aesthetic status. Learn the etymology, synonyms, examples, and usage of this formal verb from Latin vitium (fault, vice).

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   As some sneaky five-year-olds know, crossing one’s fingers while making a promise is an effective way to vitiate, or destroy the validity of, an agreement. Vitiate is often used when a legal agreement is made invalid, but it can also refer to the debasement or corruption of something or someone.

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   Vitiate means to reduce the value or quality of, to corrupt morally, or to invalidate legally. See synonyms, usage, and translations of vitiate in different contexts and languages.

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   Vitiate means to destroy or damage something, especially in a formal context. Learn how to use this verb in sentences, how to pronounce it and how to translate it in different languages.

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   VITIATE means to spoil or weaken something, especially its effectiveness or value. Learn how to use this formal word in sentences, with synonyms and translations in different languages.

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    vitiate something to destroy or reduce the effect of something. The ‘yes’ vote was vitiated by the low turnout in the election.