Crossword clues for vitiation
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vitiation \Vi`ti*a"tion\, n. [L. vitiatio.] The act of vitiating, or the state of being vitiated; depravation; corruption; invalidation; as, the vitiation of the blood; the vitiation of a contract.
The vitiation that breeds evil acts.
--G. Eliot.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1630s, from Latin vitiationem (nominative vitiatio) "violation, corruption," noun of action from past participle stem of vitiare (see vitiate).
Wiktionary
n. 1 a reduction in the value, or an impairment in the quality of something 2 moral corruption 3 an abolition or abrogation
WordNet
n. nullification by the destruction of the legal force; rendering null; "the vitiation of the contract"
Usage examples of "vitiation".
Anxiety, irritation, hatred, all tend to the vitiation of the disposition and bodily functions, perverting the character and constitution at the same time.
The slightest functional disturbance of the stomach deranges, more or less, all the succeeding operations of digestion and tends to the vitiation and impairment of the delicate processes of nutrition.
Their vitiations have spread across the face of the world, through its skies and its roots.
Their vitiations have spread across the face of the world, through its skies and its roots.