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corruption - 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"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction" |
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degeneracy,
depravation,
depravity,
putrefaction |
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immorality the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct; "the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction"
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corruption - destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity; "corruption of a minor"; "the big city's subversion of rural innocence" |
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subversion |
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debasement,
degradation changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
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corruption - inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony); "he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering" |
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inducement,
inducing act of bringing about a desired result; "inducement of sleep"
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corruption - decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) |
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decay the organic phenomenon of rotting
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