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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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..
Corruptly :: Corruptly (adv.) In a corrupt manner; by means of corruption or corrupting influences; wrongfully.
Taint :: Taint (n.) Infection; corruption; deprivation.
Sanctify :: Sanctify (v. t.) To make free from sin; to cleanse from moral corruption and pollution; to purify.
Escheat :: Escheat (n.) The falling back or reversion of lands, by some casualty or accident, to the lord of the fee, in consequence of the extinction of the blood of the tenant, which may happen by his dying without heirs, and formerly might happen by corruption of blood, that is, by reason of a felony or attainder..
Incorruptible :: Incorruptible (a.) Not corruptible; incapable of corruption, decay, or dissolution; as, gold is incorruptible..
Debauchery :: Debauchery (n.) Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance..
Corruptionist :: Corruptionist (n.) One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption..
Corruption :: 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..
Prithee :: Prithee (interj.) A corruption of pray thee; as, I prithee; generally used without I..
Corruption :: Corruption (n.) The product of corruption; putrid matter.
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.).
Curtelasse :: Curtelasse () A corruption of Cutlass.
Emendation :: Emendation (n.) Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations..
Corruptive :: Corruptive (a.) Having the quality of taining or vitiating; tending to produce corruption.
Weigh :: Weigh (n.) A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh..
Romansch :: Romansch (n.) The language of the Grisons in Switzerland, a corruption of the Latin..
Corruptful :: Corruptful (a.) Tending to corrupt; full of corruption.
Incorruptness :: Incorruptness (n.) Freedom or exemption from decay or corruption.
Incorruptibility :: Incorruptibility (n.) The quality of being incorruptible; incapability of corruption.
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