vitiate /ˈvɪʃɪeɪt/
verb (formal)
Meaning:
1. to reduce the value or quality of; impair or spoil:
2. to corrupt morally; debase:
"My anxieties are great lest the numerous snares of vice should vitiate your early habits of virtue"
3. (of a contract or legal stipulation) to make ineffective; invalidate:
"The insurance is vitiated because of foolish acts on the part of the tenant"
Synonyms
blemish, darken, mar, poison, spoil, stain, tarnish, touch, taint, debase, impair, corrupt
Antonyms
doctor, fix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair, revamp
Origin
Latin vitiatus, past participle of vitiare, from vitium fault, vice
First Use: 1534
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