vitiation

noun

The act of vitiating

noun

A rendering invalid or illegal: as, the vitiation of a contract or a court.

noun

The act of vitiating, or the state of being vitiated; depravation; corruption; invalidation.

noun

a reduction in the value, or an impairment in the quality of something

noun

moral corruption

noun

an abolition or abrogation

noun

nullification by the destruction of the legal force; rendering null