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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Decay :: Decay (n.) Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay..
Weigh :: Weigh (n.) A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh..
Pravity :: Pravity (n.) Deterioration; degeneracy; corruption; especially, moral crookedness; moral perversion; perverseness; depravity; as, the pravity of human nature..
Transcription :: Transcription (n.) The act or process of transcribing, or copying; as, corruptions creep into books by repeated transcriptions..
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..
A :: A () A barbarous corruption of have, of he, and sometimes of it and of they..
Harlock :: Harlock (n.) Probably a corruption either of charlock or hardock.
Symptomatic :: Symptom (n.) A sign or token; that which indicates the existence of something else; as, corruption in elections is a symptom of the decay of public virtue..
Filthiness :: Filthiness (n.) That which is filthy, or makes filthy; foulness; nastiness; corruption; pollution; impurity..
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..
Corruptive :: Corruptive (a.) Having the quality of taining or vitiating; tending to produce 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..
Corruptly :: Corruptly (adv.) In a corrupt manner; by means of corruption or corrupting influences; wrongfully.
Romansch :: Romansch (n.) The language of the Grisons in Switzerland, a corruption of the Latin..
Prial :: Prial (n.) A corruption of pair royal. See under Pair, n..
Stut :: Sturtion (n.) A corruption of Nasturtion.
Corruptful :: Corruptful (a.) Tending to corrupt; full of corruption.
Debauchery :: Debauchery (n.) Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance..
Dissolution :: Dissolution (n.) Corruption of morals; dissipation; dissoluteness.
Incorruptly :: Incorruptly (adv.) Without corruption.
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