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Grammar : Noun
Spell : vish-ee-eyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɪʃ iˌeɪt



Definition of vitiation

Origin :
  • 1530s, from Latin vitiatus, past participle of vitiare "to make faulty, injure, spoil, corrupt," from vitium "fault, defect, blemish, crime, vice" (see vice (n.1)). Related: Vitiated; vitiating.
  • As in pollution : noun dirtiness, contamination
  • As in weakness : noun defect, proneness
  • As in abolishment : noun abolition
  • As in weak point : noun weakness
  • As in depravity : noun corruption, immorality
  • As in deterioration : noun decay, degeneration
  • As in annulment : noun voiding an agreement
Example sentences :
  • The phenomena of puerperal fever originate in a vitiation of the fluids.
  • Extract from : « A System of Midwifery » by Edward Rigby
  • There is the inefficiency of the syllogism, and also the vitiation produced by its employment.
  • Extract from : « A Logic Of Facts » by George Jacob Holyoake
  • From remote ages it had been numbered among the elements, though considered liable to vitiation or foulness.
  • Extract from : « History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume II (of 2) » by John William Draper
  • To correct this vitiation, to abolish these disastrous hates and misconceptions, elaborate learning was not needed.
  • Extract from : « The Fruits of Victory » by Norman Angell
  • When the atmosphere is vitiated, the oxygenating processes are diminished in ratio to the vitiation.
  • Extract from : « Martyria » by Augustus C. Hamlin
  • He had a contempt for cheap and plain belongings, as leaning insensibly to vitiation of taste.
  • Extract from : « Hope Mills » by Amanda M. Douglas
  • If this be true of news and of its vitiation through the Press, it is still truer of opinions and suggested ideas.
  • Extract from : « The Free Press » by Hilaire Belloc
  • But here again enter error of perspective, and vitiation due to the bias of love.
  • Extract from : « The Iron Heel » by Jack London
  • In Everope is seen the extremity to which the vitiation here mentioned by the great moralist may sometimes be carried.
  • Extract from : « Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) » by William Davy Watson

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