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Princeton's WordNet

  1. vitiationnoun

    nullification by the destruction of the legal force; rendering null

    "the vitiation of the contract"

Wiktionary

  1. vitiationnoun

    a reduction in the value, or an impairment in the quality of something

  2. vitiationnoun

    moral corruption

  3. vitiationnoun

    an abolition or abrogation

  4. Etymology: vitiare, to spoil or damage

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  1. vitiation

    Vitiation refers to the action of spoiling, impairing, corrupting or making something ineffective, typically in the context of legal contracts or agreements. A contract, for instance, can be vitiated if there was a mistake, misrepresentation or fraud involved in its formation, rendering it invalid or unenforceable. In broader terms, vitiation can also refer to the process of corruption or degradation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vitiationnoun

    the act of vitiating, or the state of being vitiated; depravation; corruption; invalidation; as, the vitiation of the blood; the vitiation of a contract

  2. Etymology: [L. vitiatio.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of vitiation in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of vitiation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2


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