v. t. | 1. | To make vicious, faulty, or imperfect; to render defective; to injure the substance or qualities of; to impair; to contaminate; to spoil; |
2. | 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; |
Verb | 1. | vitiate - corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert |
2. | vitiate - make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" | |
3. | vitiate - take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidateas a contract" Synonyms: void, invalidate |