Vocabulary Builder — Essay & Answer Writing
Vitiate
verb
/ VISH-ee-ayt /
Hard
Meaning
To impair the quality or effectiveness of something; to make faulty, defective, or invalid; to corrupt or spoil.
Origin / Etymology
Latin vitiare (to corrupt, spoil), from vitium (fault, defect, vice)
Synonyms
Impair
Corrupt
Nullify
Antonyms
Improve
Validate
Strengthen
Example Sentence
"The Supreme Court held that the procedural irregularities in passing the amendment without a proper constitutional majority vitiated the entire exercise and rendered it void ab initio."
🎯 UPSC Usage
Use in GS2 Polity answers when discussing constitutional validity of laws, due process violations, or invalidation of administrative orders. A powerful legal term for Mains answers on judicial review, election petitions, or constitutional amendments.
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