vitiation

19 synonyms for vitiation, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Noun — A lowering in the value or quality of something.

Synonyms

Everyday swaps

Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.

corruption

Less common

Still standard English, but they carry more weight.

degradation termination cancellation abolition

Rare, literary or technical

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Synonyms by Meaning

1. noun

Corruption of someone's morals.

turpitude depravation corruption iniquity degeneracy defilement depravedness baseness degradation depravity impurity

2. noun

An act of abolishing or annulling something.

revocation termination abrogation cancellation invalidation abolition annulment nullification

Etymology

From Latin vitiare (“to spoil, damage”).

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