/keuh rup"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt.
2. moral perversion; depravity.
3. perversion of integrity.
4. corrupt or dishonest proceedings.
5. bribery.
6. debasement or alteration, as of language or a text.
7. a debased form of a word.
8. putrefactive decay; rottenness.
9. any corrupting influence or agency.
[ 1300-50; ME corrupcio ( u ) n ( corruption-, s. of corruptio. See CORRUPT, -ION ]
Syn. 2. dissolution, immorality. 8. rot, putrefaction, putrescence, foulness, pollution, contamination.
Ant. 1-3. purity. 3, 4 . honesty.