CORRUPTION


Meaning of CORRUPTION in English

/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.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .