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| 1. | [ noun ] lack of integrity or honesty; esp susceptibility to bribery; use of a position of trust for dishonest gain | |
| Synonyms: | corruptness | |
| Related terms: | incorruptness dishonesty venality infection jobbery corrupt incorrupt incorrupt | |
| 2. | [ noun ] moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles | |
| Synonyms: | depravity degeneracy | |
| Examples: | : "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes" "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration" "its brothels its opium parlors its depravity" |
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| Related terms: | immorality | |
| 3. | [ noun ] decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) | |
| Related terms: | decay | |
| 4. | [ noun ] in a state of progressive putrefaction | |
| Synonyms: | putridness rottenness putrescence | |
| Related terms: | rot | |
| 5. | [ noun ] inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony) | |
| Examples: | "he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering" |
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| Related terms: | inducement | |
| 6. | [ noun ] destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity | |
| Synonyms: | subversion | |
| Examples: | "corruption of a minor" "the big city's subversion of rural innocence" |
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| Related terms: | degradation corrupt | |
| Similar spelling: |
corrupt corrupting corruptive corruptness corruptible corruptly corrupted corruptedly |
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