Synonyms for vitiation
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Corruption — moral corruption
corruption, pollution, degradation, perversion, infection, prostitution, depravity, degeneracy, defilement, abasement, depravation, turpitude, malignity, deterioration, degeneration, impurity, debasement, baseness, depravedness
2. Cancellation — an abolition or abrogation
cancellation, cancelation US, annulment, nullification, invalidation, revocation, devalidation, abolition, abrogation
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Moral corruption.
- n. 2
An abolition or abrogation.
Forms
- Plural
- vitiations → corruptions, pollutions, degradations, perversions…
Example sentences
- corruption A man of strong will is not subject to corruption.
- pollution A new law is expected to cut air pollution by 60%.
- degradation Starch degradation is linked to a circadian clock.
- perversion Your red cheeks give away your perversion.
- cancellation Apparently there's a cancellation charge of 30 percent.
- annulment Until the annulment, they were still married.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| vitiation | falling | |
| corruption | rising | |
| pollution | falling | |
| degradation | rising | |
| perversion | steady | |
| cancellation | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- impurity4, baseness
- 9 letters
- infection3, pollution3, poisoning3, abolition4, depravity4, annulment3, turpitude3, abasement, malignity
- 10 letters
- corruption3, impairment3, perversion3, revocation4, degeneracy5, abrogation4, defilement, debasement3
- 11 letters
- degradation4, cancelation, depravation4
- 12 letters
- cancellation4, prostitution4, degeneration5, invalidation5, depravedness, devalidation
- 13 letters
- deterioration6, nullification5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (impurity4 = 4 syllables).