vitiate
vitiate
Definition
vi·ti·ate (vis̸h′ē āt′)
transitive verb -·at′ed, -·at′·ing
- to make imperfect, faulty, or impure; spoil; corrupt
- to weaken morally; debase; pervert
- to make (a contract, or other legal instrument) ineffective; invalidate
Etymology: < L vitiatus, pp. of vitiare, to vitiate < vitium, vice
vi′·tia′·tion noun
vi′·tia′·tor noun
vitiate
Synonyms
vitiate
v.
vitiate
Law Definition
v
- To interfere with; to impair; to render null and void; to cause to have no effect.
- To invalidate either partially or completely.
- To corrupt morally.
vitiate
Usage Examples
Object
- proceeding: It vitiated the proceedings ( ibid, Lord Justice General Clyde at p 86 ).
- air: We were angry and hasty because we stifled in the darkness, in a poisoned and vitiated air.
- contract: A mistake of fact in some circumstances could vitiate the contract.
- decision: They vitiated the decision not to offer any assistance in advance of the road having been built and in use for a year.
- exercise: A clear failure to observe such proportionality will vitiate the resultant exercise of discretion whether to make either such order.
- process: Both suffer from two major flaws which appear to have the effect of vitiating the whole process.
Subject
- fact: Minority group analogies are vitiated by the fact that we are not a minority.
- defect: All such performances are vitiated by the inherent defect of making the first move toward reconciliation come from our side.
Preposition: by
- fact: Minority group analogies are vitiated by the fact that we are not a minority.
- defect: All such performances are vitiated by the inherent defect of making the first move toward reconciliation come from our side.
Modifying Another Word
- not: In these circumstances the decision of the Tribunal was not vitiated.
- somewhat: Authentic Soho Italiana, but the atmosphere is somewhat vitiated by the large projection TV.
- largely: This method of treating the Psalter has largely vitiated modern criticism 10 A. C. Welch, op. cit. , pp.
- entirely: Equally, tho, he does not agree that the best of the old world has thereby been entirely vitiated.
- thus: Kripke's account of the private language argument is thus vitiated by his unargued reliance on ideas which Wittgenstein argued against.
