corruption : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: corruption	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for corruption
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
corruption n lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain Synonym(s): corruptness, corruption Antonym(s): incorruption, incorruptness in a state of progressive putrefaction Synonym(s): putrescence, putridness, rottenness, corruption decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) 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" Synonym(s): corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction 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" Synonym(s): corruption, subversion 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"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Corruption \Corrup"tion\ (k?r-r?p"sh?n), n. [F. corruption, L. corruptio.] 1. The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration. The inducing and accelerating of putrefaction is a subject of very universal inquiry; for corruption* is a reciprocal to [bd]generation[b8]. --Bacon. 2. The product of corruption; putrid matter. 3. 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. It was necessary, by exposing the gross corruptions of monasteries, . . . to exite popular indignation against them. --Hallam. They abstained from some of the worst methods of corruption usual to their party in its earlier days. --Bancroft. Note: Corruption, when applied to officers, trustees, etc., signifies the inducing a violation of duty by means of pecuniary considerations. --Abbott. 4. 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. {Corruption of blood} (Law), taint or impurity of blood, in consequence of an act of attainder of treason or felony, by which a person is disabled from inheriting any estate or from transmitting it to others. Corruption of blood can be removed only by act of Parliament. --Blackstone. Syn: Putrescence; putrefaction; defilement; contamination; deprivation; debasement; adulteration; depravity; taint. See {Depravity}.