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Vitiation

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vi·ti·ate  (vsh-t)
tr.v. vi·ti·at·ed, vi·ti·at·ing, vi·ti·ates
1. To reduce the value or impair the quality of.
2. To corrupt morally; debase.
3. To make ineffective; invalidate. See Synonyms at corrupt.
[Latin vitire, vitit-, from vitium, fault.]
viti·a·ble (vsh--bl) adj.
viti·ation n.
viti·ator n.
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Noun1.vitiation - nullification by the destruction of the legal force; rendering null; "the vitiation of the contract"
nullification, override - the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something


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Another observation which pushes me to the same induction--that of the premature vitiation of the American population--is the attitude of the Americans whom I have before me with regard to each other.
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But here again enter error of perspective, and vitiation due to the bias of love.
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