vitiation

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Latin vitiare (to spoil, damage).

Noun

vitiation (countable and uncountable, plural vitiations)

  1. 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. [...]
  2. moral corruption
  3. an abolition or abrogation
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  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/vice' title='vice'>vice</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/vicious' title='vicious'>vicious</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/vitiate' title='vitiate'>vitiate</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/vitiligo' title='vitiligo'>vitiligo</a>
  <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/vituperate' title='vituperate'>vituperate</a>
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