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Webster 1913 Edition

Vitiation

Viˊti-a′tion

,

Noun.

[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Vitiation

VITIA'TION

,

Noun.

1.

The act of vitiating; depravation; corruption; as the vitiation of the blood.

2.

A rendering invalid; as the vitiation of a contract.

Definition 2024

vitiation

vitiation

English

Noun

vitiation ‎(plural vitiations)

a reduction in the value, or an impairment in the quality of something
- 1936, Dale Carnegie, “Part 3, Chapter 1. YOU CAN"T WIN AN ARGUMENT”, in How to Win Friends and Influence People, page 137:
  
  Lincoln once reprimanded a young army officer for in-
  dulging in a violent controversy with an associate. "No
  man who is resolved to make the most of himself," said
  Lincoln, "can spare time for personal contention. Still less
  can he afford to take the consequences, including the vitia-
  tion of his temper and the loss of self-control. [...]
moral corruption
an abolition or abrogation

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