Synonyms for vitiation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : vish-ee-eyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɪʃ iˌeɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for vitiation Other synonyms for the word vitiation
- abandonment
- abasement
- abatement
- Achilles heel
- adulteration
- annihilation
- appetite
- atrophy
- baseness
- besmearing
- besmirching
- blemish
- blight
- cancellation
- chink in armor
- contamination
- corrosion
- countermanding
- crumbling
- debasement
- debauchery
- debility
- decadence
- decaying
- declension
- declination
- decomposition
- decrepitude
- dedomiciling
- defeasance
- defilement
- degeneracy
- degringolade
- deletion
- delicacy
- depravation
- depreciation
- descent
- desecration
- deterioration
- devaluation
- dilapidation
- dirtying
- discharge
- disintegration
- dislocation
- disrepair
- dissolution
- downfall
- downgrade
- downturn
- drop
- elimination
- ending
- enervation
- erasing
- evil
- failing
- faintness
- fall
- fault
- feebleness
- flaw
- foible
- fondness
- fouling
- foulness
- fragility
- frailty
- gap
- going phfft
- greenhouse effect
- impairment
- imperfection
- impotence
- impurity
- inclination
- inconstancy
- indecision
- infection
- infirmity
- iniquity
- instability
- invalidation
- invalidity
- irresolution
- lack
- languor
- lapse
- lessening
- lewdness
- licentiousness
- liking
- misuse
- negation
- neutralization
- nullification
- obliteration
- passion
- penchant
- perversion
- polluting
- powerlessness
- predilection
- proclivity
- profanation
- profligacy
- prostration
- recall
- repeal
- rescinding
- rescindment
- rescission
- retraction
- retrogression
- reversal
- revocation
- rottenness
- rotting
- ruin
- senility
- sensuality
- shortcoming
- sinfulness
- slump
- soft spot
- soiling
- sore point
- split
- split up
- spoiling
- spoliation
- taint
- tainting
- taste
- uncleanness
- undoing
- vice
- viciousness
- vitiation
- voidance
- voiding
- vulnerability
- wickedness
- worsening
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
- 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
Antonyms for vitiation
- ability
- advantage
- antipathy
- approval
- ascent
- betterment
- building
- cleanliness
- confirmation
- construction
- development
- disinclination
- dislike
- enactment
- enough
- establishment
- good
- goodness
- growth
- hate
- hatred
- health
- honor
- improvement
- increase
- indifference
- justice
- loathing
- morality
- nobility
- perfection
- plenty
- purification
- purity
- restoration
- retention
- rise
- robustness
- soundness
- sterility
- strength
- strong point
- success
- upgrade
- uprightness
- validation
- virtue
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