Synonyms for vitiation

Grammar : Noun

Spell : vish-ee-eyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɪʃ iˌeɪt

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Définition 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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