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Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay.

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  1. a. Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay.
  2. a. Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation.
  3. n. That which may decay and perish; the human body.
  4. adj. capable of being corrupted
  5. 1. Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. "Our corruptible bodies." Hooker. Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. 1 Pet. i. 18. 2. Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation. They systematically corrupt very corruptible race. Burke. -- Cor*rupt"i*ble*ness, n. -- Cor*rupt"i*bly, adv. That which may decay and perish; the human body. [Archaic] 1 Cor. xv. 53.
  6. That which may decay and perish; the human body. [Archaic] 1Cor. xv. 53.
  7. j:100 s. capable of being corrupted