corruption

corruption is a 10-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 18 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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. noun. The product of corruption; putrid matter.
3. noun. 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. noun. 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. noun. 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. noun. 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. noun. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

   "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"

   "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"

   Synonyms: degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction

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

   Synonyms: corruptness

9. noun. decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
10. noun. in a state of progressive putrefaction

    Synonyms: putrescence, putridness, rottenness

Synonyms

subversion, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction, corruptness, putrescence, putridness, rottenness

Common word forms

corruptions

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