vitiation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun nullification by the destruction of the legal force; rendering null
    • the vitiation of the contract

WordNet

Vi`ti*a"tion noun
Etymology
L. vitiatio.
Definitions
  1. The act of vitiating, or the state of being vitiated; depravation; corruption; invalidation; as, the vitiation of the blood; the vitiation of a contract.
    The vitiation that breeds evil acts. G. Eliot.

Webster 1913