English dictionary
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English noun: corruption | |||
| 1. | corruption (attribute) lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain | ||
| Synonyms | corruptness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dishonesty | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | infection, jobbery, venality | ||
| Attribute | corrupt, incorrupt | ||
| Antonyms | incorruption, incorruptness | ||
| 2. | corruption (state) in a state of progressive putrefaction | ||
| Synonyms | putrescence, putridness, rottenness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | putrefaction, rot | ||
| 3. | corruption (process) decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | decay | ||
| 4. | corruption (attribute) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles | ||
| Samples | The luxury and corruption among the upper classes. Moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration. Its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity. Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction. | ||
| Synonyms | degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | immorality | ||
| 5. | corruption (act) destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity | ||
| Samples | Corruption of a minor. The big city's subversion of rural innocence. | ||
| Synonyms | subversion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | debasement, degradation | ||
| 6. | corruption (act) inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony) | ||
| Samples | He was held on charges of corruption and racketeering. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | inducement, inducing | ||
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