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- Dictionaryvitiate/ˈvɪʃɪeɪt/
verb
- 1. spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of: formal "development programmes have been vitiated by the rise in population"
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verb [ T ] formal uk / ˈvɪʃ.i.eɪt / us / ˈvɪʃ.i.eɪt / Add to word list. to destroy or damage something: He said that American military power should never again be vitiated by political concerns. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Deteriorating and making worse. add. admin. aggravate. backslide. be downhill idiom. debase. deteriorate.
To vitiate something is, essentially, to mar or damage it in some way, whether by ruining or spoiling it ("a joke vitiated by poor timing"), corrupting it morally ("a mind vitiated by prejudice"), or rendering it null or ineffective ("fraud that vitiates a contract").
Vitiate definition: to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil. . See examples of VITIATE used in a sentence.
3 meanings: 1. to make faulty or imperfect 2. to debase, pervert, or corrupt 3. to destroy the force or legal effect of (a.... Click for more definitions.
Vitiate is often used when a legal agreement is made invalid, but it can also refer to the debasement or corruption of something or someone. If a malicious five-year-old on the playground teaches the other children to lie with their fingers crossed, she would be responsible for vitiating the playground community.
to destroy or damage something: He said that American military power should never again be vitiated by political concerns. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Deteriorating and making worse. add. admin. aggravate. backslide. be downhill idiom. debase. deteriorate. deterioration. devaluation. devalue. disintegrate. dog.
1. to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil. 2. to impair or weaken the effectiveness of. 3. to debase; corrupt; pervert. 4. to make legally invalid; invalidate: to vitiate a claim.
vitiate something to destroy or reduce the effect of something. The ‘yes’ vote was vitiated by the low turnout in the election.
vitiate meaning, definition, what is vitiate: to make something less effective or spoi...: Learn more.
Vitiate Definition. vĭshē-āt. vitiated, vitiates, vitiating. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Verb. Filter. verb. vitiated, vitiates, vitiating. To reduce the value or quality of; impair or spoil. American Heritage. To make imperfect, faulty, or impure; spoil; corrupt. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
