vitiation

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vitiation

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From Latin vitiare (“to spoil, damage”).

noun vitiations · viciation

countable, uncountable A reduction in the value, or an impairment in the quality of something. 1810, George Wilson, M.D., F.R.D.E. Ch. II. General Sketch of Cavendish's Scientific Researches and Discoveries, in The Life of the Honᵇˡᵉ Henry Cavendish, p. 39. […] air was universally reputed to be a simple or elementary body. It was liable, according to the phlogistians, to vitiation, by the add
countable, uncountable Moral corruption.
Similar: degeneracy, malignity, turpitude, baseness, corruption, defilement, degradation, depravation, depravedness, depravity, impurity, iniquity
countable, uncountable An abolition or abrogation.
Similar: annulment, devalidation, revocation, abolition, abrogation, cancellation, deauthentication, invalidation, nullification, renunciation, termination, vitiation

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@misc{vitiation_2026,
  title = {vitiation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vitiation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}