"vitiation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vitiations [plural]
Etymology: From Latin vitiare (“to spoil, damage”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|vitiare||to spoil, damage}} Latin vitiare (“to spoil, damage”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} vitiation (countable and uncountable, plural vitiations)
  1. A reduction in the value, or an impairment in the quality of something. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-vitiation-en-noun-o050gZw4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 32 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 39 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 22 9
  2. Moral corruption. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-vitiation-en-noun-U0YMWQJ7
  3. An abolition or abrogation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-vitiation-en-noun-QeYrazMY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: viciation

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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