VITIATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Nullification by the destruction of the legal force; rendering null

Example:

the vitiation of the contract

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("vitiation" is a kind of...):

nullification; override (the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something)

Derivation:

vitiate (take away the legal force of or render ineffective)