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corruption


 
  Grep  of  noun  corruption 
  corruption 
  incorruption 
 
  Overview  of  noun  corruption 
 
  The  noun  corruption  has  5  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  corruptness,  corruption  --  (lack  of  integrity  or  honesty;  esp  susceptibility  to  bribery;  use  of  a  position  of  trust  for  dishonest  gain) 
  2.  putrescence,  putridness,  rottenness,  corruption  --  (in  a  state  of  progressive  putrefaction) 
  3.  corruption  --  (decay  of  matter  (as  by  rot  or  oxidation)) 
  4.  corruption,  degeneracy,  depravity  --  (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") 
  5.  corruption,  subversion  --  (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") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  corruption 
 
  The  noun  corruption  has  5  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  corruptness,  corruption  --  (lack  of  integrity  or  honesty;  esp  susceptibility  to  bribery;  use  of  a  position  of  trust  for  dishonest  gain) 
  2.  putrescence,  putridness,  rottenness,  corruption  --  (in  a  state  of  progressive  putrefaction) 
  3.  corruption  --  (decay  of  matter  (as  by  rot  or  oxidation)) 
  4.  corruption,  degeneracy,  depravity  --  (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") 
  5.  corruption,  subversion  --  (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") 



corruption definition