Definition of corruption

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Corruption (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..

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Ods :: Ods (interj.) A corruption of God's; -- formerly used in oaths and ejaculatory phrases.
Incorruptible :: Incorruptible (a.) Not corruptible; incapable of corruption, decay, or dissolution; as, gold is incorruptible..
Adultery :: Adultery (n.) Adulteration; corruption.
Corruptly :: Corruptly (adv.) In a corrupt manner; by means of corruption or corrupting influences; wrongfully.
Jobbery :: "Jobbery (n.) Underhand management; official corruption; as, municipal jobbery..
Pravity :: Pravity (n.) Deterioration; degeneracy; corruption; especially, moral crookedness; moral perversion; perverseness; depravity; as, the pravity of human nature..
Cacotechny :: Cacotechny (n.) A corruption or corrupt state of art.
Corruptive :: Corruptive (a.) Having the quality of taining or vitiating; tending to produce corruption.
Taint :: Taint (n.) Infection; corruption; deprivation.
Symptomatic :: Symptom (n.) A sign or token; that which indicates the existence of something else; as, corruption in elections is a symptom of the decay of public virtue..
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..
Otter :: Otter (n.) A corruption of Annotto.
Incorruptness :: Incorruptness (n.) Freedom or exemption from decay or corruption.
Transcription :: Transcription (n.) The act or process of transcribing, or copying; as, corruptions creep into books by repeated transcriptions..
Weigh :: Weigh (n.) A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh..
Incorruptibility :: Incorruptibility (n.) The quality of being incorruptible; incapability of corruption.
Corruptionist :: Corruptionist (n.) One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption..
Filth :: Filth (n.) Anything that sullies or defiles the moral character; corruption; pollution.
Vitiation :: Vitiation (n.) The act of vitiating, or the state of being vitiated; depravation; corruption; invalidation; as, the vitiation of the blood; the vitiation of a contract..
Fecks :: Fecks (n.) A corruption of the word faith.
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