vitiating

Variant of vitiate

transitive verb vitiated, vitiating

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

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

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