John Bates Clark

The market tends to pay as a wage what an individual laborer is worth. But the case last studied suggests the question how accurately the law operates in practice. May it not be an honest law, but be so vitiated in its working as to give a dishonest result?

American Economist

George Orwell

All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.

British Author

Pat Buchanan

President Trump's seeming renunciation of an anti-interventionist foreign policy is the great surprise of the first 100 days, and the most ominous. For any new war could vitiate the Trump mandate and consume his presidency.

American Journalist

Brigham Young

Produce what you consume; draw from the native element the necessaries of life. Permit no vitiated taste to lead you into the indulgence of expensive luxuries, which can only be obtained by involving yourselves in debt.

American Leader

Daniel Hannan

A minister is supposed to be there to remind his permanent officials that they work for the rest of us. If, instead, he becomes the cabinet champion and public spokesman for his department, democracy is vitiated.

British Politician

Maureen Dowd

Americans want to be protected, but not at the cost of vitiating the values that make us Americans.

The word 'vitiate' usually suggests harm or corruption, giving a negative tone.

Negative Connotation

'Vitiate' implies substantial harm rather than a minor issue.

Intensity

'Vitiate' often refers to abstract concepts, like processes or conditions, not physical objects.

Not Physical Damage

In law, 'vitiate' is used when an agreement or decision becomes not legally binding.

Legal Specificity

Using 'vitiate' in a legal setting conveys seriousness and gravity of the situation.

Gravitas

'Vitiate' signals that a legal outcome is rendered invalid or ineffective.