Analysis Complete

corruption

/ corruption /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
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"
Type of:
inducement inducing
noun Sense 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"
Type of:
degradation debasement
Derived:
corrupt pervert subvert demoralize demoralise
noun Sense 3
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"
Type of:
immorality
noun Sense 4
decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
Type of:
decay
noun Sense 5
lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
Opposites:
incorruptness incorruption
Type of:
dishonesty
Kinds of:
infection venality jobbery
noun Sense 6
in a state of progressive putrefaction
Type of:
putrefaction rot
Semantic Complexity
87%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
19
Times Searched
19
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inducement inducing degradation debasement immorality decay dishonesty infection venality jobbery incorruptness incorruption