Corruption (Noun)
Meaning 1
In a state of progressive putrefaction.
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 2
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".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 3
Decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation).
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
Meaning 4
Lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain.
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 5
Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "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".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 6
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".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.