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To vitiate is to corrupt, invalidate or weaken morally.

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When you bribe a policeman, this is an example of when you vitiate the policeman.
When you make a legal contract invalid, this is an example of a time when you vitiate the contract.
When you give an underage person a drink, this an example of when you vitiate a child.

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See vitiate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb vitiated, vitiating

to make imperfect, faulty, or impure; spoil; corrupt
to weaken morally; debase; pervert
to make (a contract, or other legal instrument) ineffective; invalidate

Origin: < L vitiatus, pp. of vitiare, to vitiate < vitium, vice

Related Forms:

vitiation noun
vitiator noun

See vitiate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb vi·ti·at·ed, vi·ti·at·ing, vi·ti·ates

To reduce the value or impair the quality of.
To corrupt morally; debase.
To make ineffective; invalidate. See Synonyms at corrupt.

Origin:

Origin: Latin vitiāre, vitiāt-

Origin: , from vitium, fault

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Related Forms:

viˈti·a·ble (vĭshˈē-ə-bəl) adjective

viˌti·aˈtion noun

viˈti·aˌtor noun

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