corruption

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.

2. 2noun

   The product of corruption; putrid matter.

3. 3noun

   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.

4. 4noun

   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.

5. 5noun

   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"

6. 6noun

   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"

   Synonyms

   subversion
7. 7noun

   moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

   "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"

   "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"

   Synonyms

   degeneracydepravationdepravityputrefaction
8. 8noun

   lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

   Synonyms

   corruptness
9. 9noun

   decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)

10. 10noun

    in a state of progressive putrefaction

    Synonyms

    putrescenceputridnessrottenness