different between vitiate vs dishonor

English

Alternative forms

• viciate

Etymology

From viti?tus, the perfect passive participle of Latin viti? (“damage, spoil”), from vitium (“vice”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /?v??.i.e?t/
• (US)

Verb

vitiate (third-person singular simple present vitiates, present participle vitiating, simple past and past participle vitiated)

1. (transitive) to spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something
   • 1838, Ralph Waldo Emerson, "An Address delivered before the Senior Class in Divinity College, Cambridge, Sunday evening, 15 July, 1838":

     The least admixture of a lie, -- for example, the taint of vanity, the least attempt to make a good impression, a favorable appearance, -- will instantly vitiate the effect.

   • 2007, David Roodman, "A Short Note on the Theme of Too Many Instruments", Center for Global Development Working Paper 125 (August 2007), p. 9

     Unfortunately, as Anderson and Sørenson (1996) and Bowsher (2002) document, instrument proliferation can vitiate the test.

2. (transitive) to debase or morally corrupt
3. (transitive, archaic) to violate, to rape
4. (transitive) to make something ineffective, to invalidate

Related terms

• See vice

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References

Further reading

• vitiate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• vitiate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• vitiate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Latin

Verb

viti?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of viti?

English

Alternative forms

• dishonour (British)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /d?s??n??/

Noun

dishonor (countable and uncountable, plural dishonors)

1. US standard spelling of dishonour.

Translations

Verb

dishonor (third-person singular simple present dishonors, present participle dishonoring, simple past and past participle dishonored)

1. US standard spelling of dishonour.

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