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(noun) destroying someone's honesty or loyalty or moral integrity: "corruption of a minor" |
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Related Words: debasement, degradation |
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(noun) moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles: "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels; its opium parlors; its depravity" |
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Synonyms: degeneracy, depravity |
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Related Words: immorality |
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(noun) decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) |
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Related Words: decay |
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(noun) lack of integrity or honesty; esp susceptibility to bribery; use of a position of trust for dishonest gain |
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Synonyms: corruptness |
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Related Words: dishonesty, jobbery, venality |
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(noun) in a state of progressive putrefaction |
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Synonyms: putrescence, putridness, rottenness |
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Related Words: putrefaction, rot |
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