To vitiate is to corrupt, invalidate or weaken morally.
(verb)See vitiate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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transitive verb vi·ti·at·ed, vi·ti·at·ing, vi·ti·ates
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Origin: Latin vitiāre, vitiāt-
Origin: , from vitium, fault
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