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English Dictionary: incorruptible by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
incorruptible
adj
  1. incapable of being morally corrupted; "incorruptible judges are the backbone of the society"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Incorruptible \In"cor*rupt"i*ble\, a. [L. incorruptibilis: cf.
      F. incorruptible. See {In-} not, and {Corrupt}.]
      1. Not corruptible; incapable of corruption, decay, or
            dissolution; as, gold is incorruptible.
  
                     Our bodies shall be changed into incorruptible and
                     immortal substances.                           --Wake.
  
      2. Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly
            just and upright.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Incorruptible \In"cor*rupt"i*ble\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
      One of a religious sect which arose in Alexandria, in the
      reign of the Emperor Justinian, and which believed that the
      body of Christ was incorruptible, and that he suffered
      hunger, thirst, pain, only in appearance.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Incorruptible \In"cor*rupt"i*ble\, n.
      The quality or state of being incorruptible. --Boyle.
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