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Vitiate

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Verb

1. corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate

corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

Example Sentences:
'debauch the young people with wine and women'
'Socrates was accused of corrupting young men'
'Do school counselors subvert young children?'
'corrupt the morals'

2. deflower, impair, mar, spoil, vitiate

make imperfect

Example Sentences:
'nothing marred her beauty'

3. invalidate, vitiate, void

take away the legal force of or render ineffective

Example Sentences:
'invalidate a contract'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Vitiate

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verb (transitive)
1. 
to make faulty or imperfect
2. 
to debase, pervert, or corrupt
3. 
to destroy the force or legal effect of (a deed, etc)
to vitiate a contract

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Vitiate

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈvitiˌated or ˈvitiˌating
1. 
to make imperfect, faulty, or impure; spoil; corrupt
2. 
to weaken morally; debase; pervert
3. 
to make (a contract, or other legal instrument) ineffective; invalidate

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Vitiate

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tr.v. vi·ti·at·ed, vi·ti·at·ing, vi·ti·ates
1. To reduce the value or quality of; impair or spoil: "His famous compilation of norms was vitiated by a major sampling error" (Frederick Crews).
2. To corrupt morally; debase: "My anxieties ... still are great lest the numerous ... snares of vice should vitiate your early habits of virtue" (Abigail Adams). See Synonyms at corrupt.
3. To make ineffective (a contract or legal stipulation, for example); invalidate.

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