Thesaurus: corruption

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1. n. The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
2. n. The product of corruption; putrid matter.
3. n. The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery.
4. n. The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a corruption of style; corruption in language.
5. n. lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
6. n. in a state of progressive putrefaction
7. n. decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
8. n. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
9. n. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
10. n. inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony)
11. 1. The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration. The inducing and accelerating of putrefaction is a subject of very universal inquiry; for corruption is a reciprocal to "generation". Bacon. 2. The product of corruption; putrid matter. 3. The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery. It was necessary, by exposing the gross corruptions of monasteries, . . . to exite popular indignation against them. Hallam. They abstained from some of the worst methods of corruption usual to their party in its earlier days. Bancroft. Note: Corruption, when applied to officers, trustees, etc., signifies the inducing a violation of duty by means of pecuniary considerations. Abbott. 4. The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a corruption of style; corruption in language. Corruption of blood (Law), taint or impurity of blood, in consequence of an act of attainder of treason or felony, by which a person is disabled from inheriting any estate or from transmitting it to others. Corruption of blood can be removed only by act of Parliament. Blackstone. Syn. -- Putrescence; putrefaction; defilement; contamination; deprivation; debasement; adulteration; depravity; taint. See Depravity.
12. n:100 n. decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) n. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles n. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity n. inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)