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vitiate
[vish-ee-eyt]
verb (used with object)
to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
to impair or weaken the effectiveness of.
to make legally defective or invalid; invalidate.
to vitiate a claim.
vitiate
/ ˈɪʃɪˌɪ /
verb
to make faulty or imperfect
to debase, pervert, or corrupt
to destroy the force or legal effect of (a deed, etc)
to vitiate a contract
Other 51Թ Forms
- vitiation noun
- vitiator noun
- nonvitiation noun
- unvitiated adjective
- unvitiating adjective
- ˈپˌٴǰ noun
- ˈپ adjective
- ˌپˈپDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of vitiate1
Example Sentences
He accused the judges of “needlessly upending critical immigration policies that are carefully calibrated to deter illegal entry, vitiating core Executive Branch prerogatives, and undoing democratically approved policies that featured heavily in the November election.”
Then, feigning originalism in Dobbs, they vitiated Equal Protection, elevating the legal rights of zygotes over those of living, breathing women, citing 12th-century mores when men like Alito burned women like me at the stake.
And, especially relevant to Edelman in this case: Is it vitiated by bad motives?
The seizure supposedly vitiated his argument for ownership, which was: If the cash is not my money, whose is it?
PBS SoCal does not value its own programs by vitiating the viewer’s experience.
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