adulteration

[ uh-duhl-tuh-rey-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the act or process of adulterating.

  2. the state of being adulterated.

  1. something adulterated.

Origin of adulteration

1
1500–10; <Latin adulterātiōn- (stem of adulterātiō); see adulterate, -ion

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