Definition of corruption

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Corruption (n.) 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..

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World :: World (n.) The earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven; concerns of this life as distinguished from those of the life to come; the present existence and its interests; hence, secular affairs; engrossment or absorption in the affairs of this life; worldly corruption; the ungodly or wicked part of mankind..
Prial :: Prial (n.) A corruption of pair royal. See under Pair, n..
Incorruptly :: Incorruptly (adv.) Without corruption.
Salt :: Salt (n.) Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt..
Incorruptness :: Incorruptness (n.) Freedom or exemption from decay or corruption.
Romansch :: Romansch (n.) The language of the Grisons in Switzerland, a corruption of the Latin..
A :: A () A barbarous corruption of have, of he, and sometimes of it and of they..
Otter :: Otter (n.) A corruption of Annotto.
Vitiation :: Vitiation (n.) The act of vitiating, or the state of being vitiated; depravation; corruption; invalidation; as, the vitiation of the blood; the vitiation of a contract..
Adultery :: Adultery (n.) Adulteration; corruption.
Corruptive :: Corruptive (a.) Having the quality of taining or vitiating; tending to produce corruption.
Cathay :: Cathay (n.) China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for North China (Khitai, the country of the Khitans.).
Prithee :: Prithee (interj.) A corruption of pray thee; as, I prithee; generally used without I..
Jobbery :: "Jobbery (n.) Underhand management; official corruption; as, municipal jobbery..
Corruption :: Corruption (n.) 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..
Cock :: Cock (n.) A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths..
Shrivel :: Shrivel (v. t.) To cause to shrivel or contract; to cause to shrink onto corruptions.
Pravity :: Pravity (n.) Deterioration; degeneracy; corruption; especially, moral crookedness; moral perversion; perverseness; depravity; as, the pravity of human nature..
Swanimote :: Swan-hopping (n.) A corruption of Swan-upping.
Harlock :: Harlock (n.) Probably a corruption either of charlock or hardock.
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