corruption
The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity.
Other meanings
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 product of corruption; putrid matter.
Related words
- anti-corruption
- anticorruption
- corruptioneer
- corruptionist
- corruptionless
- countercorruption
- incorruption
- noncorruption
- recorruption
- uncorruption
- corruption of blood
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "corruptiō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “corruption” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.