vitiate

verb
UK: /ˈvɪʃ.i.eɪt/
US: /ˈvɪʃ.i.eɪt/

  1. To spoil or weaken something, making it less effective.

    1. Bad information can vitiate a decision and make it useless.
    2. The impact of the film was vitiated by the director's heavy-handed approach.

  2. To destroy or impair the legal validity of something.

    1. Fraud will vitiate a contract, rendering it null and void.
    2. The procedural errors in the investigation could vitiate the entire case.

Synonyms

debase nullify defile corrupt weaken impair tarnish invalidate spoil
vitiate adjective

  1. Spoiled or weakened; corrupted.

    1. The argument became vitiate after new evidence came to light.
    2. A vitiate atmosphere of distrust made cooperation impossible within the team.

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "vitiate" in English means: To spoil or weaken something, making it less effective., To destroy or impair the legal validity of something..

The phonetic transcription of "vitiate" is /ˈvɪʃ.i.eɪt/ in British English and /ˈvɪʃ.i.eɪt/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "vitiate": debase, nullify, defile, corrupt, weaken, impair, tarnish, invalidate, spoil.

Example usage of "vitiate": "Bad information can vitiate a decision and make it useless.". More examples on the page.