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Corruption

Corruption (corruption)
n.(k?r-r?p"sh?n)
Cor*rup"tion
[F. corruption, L. corruptio.]
  1. The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.

    The inducing and accelerating of putrefaction is a subject of very universal inquiry; for corruption is a reciprocal to "generation".
    Bacon.

  2. The product of corruption; putrid matter.
  3. The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery.

    It was necessary, by exposing the gross corruptions of monasteries, . . . to exite popular indignation against them.
    Hallam.

    They abstained from some of the worst methods of corruption usual to their party in its earlier days.
    Bancroft.

    * Corruption, when applied to officers, trustees, etc., signifies the inducing a violation of duty by means of pecuniary considerations. Abbott.

  4. 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.

    Corruption of blood (Law), taint or impurity of blood, in consequence of an act of attainder of treason or felony, by which a person is disabled from inheriting any estate or from transmitting it to others.

    Corruption of blood can be removed only by act of Parliament.
    Blackstone.

    Syn. -- Putrescence; putrefaction; defilement; contamination; deprivation; debasement; adulteration; depravity; taint. See Depravity.













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