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Debauchment vs Vitiation - What's the difference?

debauchment | vitiation |

As nouns the difference between debauchment and vitiation

is that debauchment is the act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty while vitiation is a reduction in the value, or an impairment in the quality of something.

debauchment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.

    • Synonyms

    * debasement

    vitiation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a reduction in the value, or an impairment in the quality of something
  • * '>citation
    • Lincoln once reprimanded a young army officer for in-
    dulging in a violent controversy with an associate. "No
    man who is resolved to make the most of himself," said
    Lincoln, "can spare time for personal contention. Still less
    can he afford to take the consequences, including the vitia-
    tion     of his temper and the loss of self-control. [...]
  • moral corruption
  • an abolition or abrogation

    • Related terms

    * vitiate * vice