Definition of corruption

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Corruption (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..

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Incorruptibility :: Incorruptibility (n.) The quality of being incorruptible; incapability of corruption.
Prial :: Prial (n.) A corruption of pair royal. See under Pair, n..
Harlock :: Harlock (n.) Probably a corruption either of charlock or hardock.
Incorruptness :: Incorruptness (n.) Freedom or exemption from decay or corruption.
Corruption :: Corruption (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..
Fecks :: Fecks (n.) A corruption of the word faith.
Filthiness :: Filthiness (n.) That which is filthy, or makes filthy; foulness; nastiness; corruption; pollution; impurity..
Shrivel :: Shrivel (v. t.) To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.
Malversation :: Malversation (n.) Evil conduct; fraudulent practices; misbehavior, corruption, or extortion in office..
Jobbery :: "Jobbery (n.) Underhand management; official corruption; as, municipal jobbery..
Swanimote :: Swan-hopping (n.) A corruption of Swan-upping.
Cock :: Cock (n.) A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths..
Cathay :: Cathay (n.) China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for North China (Khitai, the country of the Khitans.).
Weigh :: Weigh (n.) A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh..
Debauchery :: Debauchery (n.) Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance..
Adulteration :: Adulteration (n.) The act of adulterating; corruption, or debasement (esp. of food or drink) by foreign mixture..
Salt :: Salt (n.) Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt..
Taint :: Taint (n.) Infection; corruption; deprivation.
Ods :: Ods (interj.) A corruption of God's; -- formerly used in oaths and ejaculatory phrases.
Otter :: Otter (n.) A corruption of Annotto.
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