adulteration

Other forms: adulterations

Definitions of adulteration
  1. noun
    the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another)
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    type of:
    change
    the action of changing something
  2. noun
    being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating
    synonyms: debasement
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    type of:
    impureness, impurity
    the condition of being impure
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