to vitiate

Examples

• All

• No, you have just vitiated your right.

  Asymmetric Disclosure (2025)

• Now that would vitiate the whole purpose Of her incarceration in the first place.

  Nothing But the Truth (2008)

• A bad intention can vitiate a neutral act, or even one that is normally good.

  Blog text (1)

• Any declension from the ideal or defect in any of its parts is enough to vitiate the whole.

  Academic text (1997)

• Many people come out to organize parties, and the functions of parties will be substantially vitiated.

  Academic text (2000)

• But they've said that the absence of a lawyer doesn't vitiate the trial.

  Blog text (10)

• First, we need to understand that the existence of cruelty doesn't necessarily vitiate the power of empathy.

  Academic text (2000)

• Not only did they oppose socialism, but also most government regulation or action that might vitiate pragmatic neoliberalism in any way.

  Academic text (1992)

• The notion that the Charter somehow vitiated centuries-old norms of customary international law, which expressly authorized anticipatory defense, borders on the ridiculous.

  Academic text (2005)

• A single mistake can vitiate the entire experiment's results and render them unusable.

Synonyms

D

to damage

vsto vitiate

885 1.4

To harm something so it becomes less useful, valuable, or healthy

can also mean making something stop working properly or lose legal force

C

to contaminate

vsto vitiate

248 4.9

To make things like water or soil unsafe by adding harmful substances

covers broader harm or invalidation not limited to physical contamination

T

to taint

vsto vitiate

126 7.3

To make something harmful or spoil its quality

focuses on spoiling value or effectiveness more than impurity or reputation

P

to poison

vsto vitiate

97 4.4

To damage a relationship or group by spreading bad ideas

is a general term for spoiling or making ineffective, not only corrupting

S

to spoil

vsto vitiate

80 2.8

To make something less good or enjoyable

often implies causing ineffectiveness rather than only loss of enjoyment

I

to impair

vsto vitiate

61 5.1

To make something worse or less able to work

spoils or makes ineffective more broadly, not only by weakening

I

to invalidate

vsto vitiate

• Formal

33 6.1

To make a document or agreement have no legal effect anymore

weakens or spoils general effectiveness rather than ending legal force

V

to void

vsto vitiate

• Formal

23 7.1

To declare something legally invalid

affects usefulness or quality rather than only legal status

S

to sully

vsto vitiate

13 7.6

Make someone's good name seem bad

is a wider concept about reducing effectiveness or making something no longer work properly

M

to mar

vsto vitiate

2 5.3

To damage how something looks or its quality

covers broader spoilage that can include function or legal force

S

to stultify

vsto vitiate

• Formal

1 9.8

Make someone or something lose energy and stop working well

damages or spoils general quality rather than mainly draining energy

D

to devitalize

vsto vitiate

8.1

To make a place or group less lively and energetic

tends to mean causing loss of function or legal force rather than only energy

Antonyms

R

to restore

234 3.8

Make someone feel healthy and full of energy again

V

to validate

• Formal

87 3.9

To make something officially acceptable by showing proof

How Impaired

to invalidate

• Formal

33 6.1

to vitiate

• Formal

2 9.9

to impair

61 5.1

to weaken

305 2.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology