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Meaning of 'corruption' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Corruption [ 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.
- The product of corruption; putrid matter.
- 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.
- 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.

Meaning of 'corruption' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . corruption [ n]
Meaning (1):
- destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
Example in sentence:
  • corruption of a minor;
  • the big city's subversion of rural innocence
Meaning (2):
- inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)
Example in sentence:
  • he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering
Meaning (3):
- moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
Example in sentence:
  • its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity;
  • moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration;
  • Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction;
  • the luxury and corruption among the upper classes

Nearby Words:

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