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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
cor·rup·tion 
[kuh-ruhp-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
[kuh-ruhp-shuhn] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt. |
| 2. | moral perversion; depravity. |
| 3. | perversion of integrity. |
| 4. | corrupt or dishonest proceedings. |
| 5. | bribery. |
| 6. | debasement or alteration, as of language or a text. |
| 7. | a debased form of a word. |
| 8. | putrefactive decay; rottenness. |
| 9. | any corrupting influence or agency. |
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| cor·rup·tion
(kə-rŭp'shən) Pronunciation Key
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| corruption | |
noun | |
| 1. | lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain [syn: corruptness] [ant: incorruption] |
| 2. | in a state of progressive putrefaction [syn: putrescence] |
| 3. | decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) |
| 4. | moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction" |
| 5. | destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity; "corruption of a minor"; "the big city's subversion of rural innocence" |
| 6. | inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony); "he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering" |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Corruption
Cor*rup"tion\ (k?r-r?p"sh?n), n. [F. corruption, L. corruptio.]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.
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