vitiating
Spoiling the validity
Vitiating is the present participle of vitiate, meaning to impair, spoil, or make defective.
In legal contexts, vitiating factors are circumstances that can invalidate a contract or agreement, such as fraud, duress, or misrepresentation.
More broadly, something vitiating undermines or corrupts the quality or effectiveness of something else: The leaked memo had a vitiating effect on public trust.
The word carries a formal, often technical tone.
Becoming less strong
- debilitatingCausing severe impairment
- underminingWeakening by covert means
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
- degradingLowering in worth
enfeebling · sapping · deteriorating · compromising · eroding · devitalizing · corrupting · diluting
Making of no effect
- voidingNullifying or emptying
- annullingNullifying legally
- negatingNullifying or invalidating
- abolishingFormally ending something
rescinding · revoking · quashing · abrogating · canceling · repealing · overturning · retracting
Corrupt payment for influence
- malfeasanceUnlawful act by officeholder
- pervertingDistorting from proper use
- subversionUndermining established authority
- nepotismPreferring kin in hiring
graft · embezzlement · extortion · kickbacks · manipulation · coercion · exploitation · dishonesty
weakening
Becoming less strong
- debilitatingCausing severe impairment
- underminingWeakening by covert means
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
degrading · enfeebling · sapping · deteriorating · compromising · eroding · devitalizing · corrupting · diluting · adulterating
nullifying
Making of no effect
abolishing · rescinding · revoking · quashing · abrogating · canceling · repealing · overturning · retracting · repudiating
bribery
Corrupt payment for influence
- malfeasanceUnlawful act by officeholder
- pervertingDistorting from proper use
- subversionUndermining established authority
nepotism · graft · embezzlement · extortion · kickbacks · manipulation · coercion · exploitation · dishonesty · falsification
vitiatingvalidating
Confirming truth or accuracy
ratifying · confirming · upholding · affirming · legalizing
vitiatingpurifying
Removing unwanted substances
preserving · strengthening · enhancing · fortifying · improving
vitiatingaiding
Providing assistance to
assisting · supporting · enabling · facilitating · bolstering