vitiate

vitiate is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; as, exaggeration vitiates a style of writing; sewer gas vitiates the air.
2. transitive verb. To cause to fail of effect, either wholly or in part; to make void; to destroy, as the validity or binding force of an instrument or transaction; to annul; as, any undue influence exerted on a jury vitiates their verdict; fraud vitiates a contract.
3. verb. take away the legal force of or render ineffective

   "invalidate a contract"

   Synonyms: invalidate, void

4. verb. make imperfect

   "nothing marred her beauty"

   Synonyms: deflower, impair, mar, spoil

5. verb. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

   "debauch the young people with wine and women"

   "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"

   Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert

Synonyms

invalidate, void, deflower, impair, mar, spoil, corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert

Common word forms

vitiated, vitiates, vitiating

Words from these letters

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