'Vitiate' definitions:
Definition of 'vitiate'
From: WordNet
verb
Corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn: corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect]
verb
verb
Take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate a contract" [syn: invalidate, void, vitiate] [ant: validate]
Definition of 'Vitiate'
From: GCIDE
- Vitiate \Vi"ti*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vitiated; p. pr. & vb. n. Vitiating.] [L. vitiatus, p. p. vitiare to vitiate, fr. vitium a fault, vice. See Vice a fault.] [Written also viciate.]
- 1. To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air. [1913 Webster]
- A will vitiated and growth out of love with the truth disposes the understanding to error and delusion. --South. [1913 Webster]
- Without care it may be used to vitiate our minds. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- This undistinguishing complaisance will vitiate the taste of readers. --Garth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cause to fail of effect, either wholly or in part; to make void; to destroy, as the validity or binding force of an instrument or transaction; to annul; as, any undue influence exerted on a jury vitiates their verdict; fraud vitiates a contract. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vitiate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- abolish,
- abrogate,
- adulterate,
- alloy,
- annihilate,
- annul,
- bastardize,
- blemish,
- bring to nothing,
- brutalize,
- buffer,
- cancel,
- cancel out,
- canker,
- cheapen,
- coarsen,
- come to nothing,
- confound,
- contaminate,
- corrupt,
- corrupted,
- counterbalance,
- damage,
- debase,
- debauch,
- debauched,
- defile,
- deflower,
- degenerate,
- degrade,
- delete,
- demoralize,
- denature,
- deprave,
- depraved,
- depreciate,
- depress,
- desecrate,
- despoil,
- destroy,
- devalue,
- diminish,
- distort,
- downgrade,
- frustrate,
- harm,
- hurt,
- impair,
- infect,
- invalidate,
- lower,
- mar,
- misuse,
- negate,
- negativate,
- negative,
- neutralize,
- nullify,
- offset,
- pervert,
- perverted,
- poison,
- pollute,
- prejudice,
- prostitute,
- quash,
- ravage,
- ravish,
- reduce,
- revoke,
- ruin,
- soil,
- spoil,
- stultify,
- sully,
- suppress,
- taint,
- tarnish,
- thwart,
- twist,
- ulcerate,
- undermine,
- undo,
- violate,
- vitiated,
- void,
- vulgarize,
- warp,
- weaken,
- withdraw