corruption
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1. inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony) (noun.act)
hypernym | : | inducement, inducing, |
definition | : | act of bringing about a desired result (noun.act) |
2. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity (noun.act)
hypernym | : | debasement, degradation, |
definition | : | changing to a lower state (a less respected state) (noun.act) |
3. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles (noun.attribute)
hypernym | : | immorality, |
definition | : | the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct (noun.attribute) |
4. lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain (noun.attribute)
hypernym | : | dishonesty, |
definition | : | the quality of being dishonest (noun.attribute) |
hyponym | : | infection, |
definition | : | moral corruption or contamination (noun.attribute) |
hyponym | : | venality, |
definition | : | prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward (noun.attribute) |
hyponym | : | jobbery, |
definition | : | corruptness among public officials (noun.attribute) |
attribute | : | corrupt, |
definition | : | lacking in integrity (adj.all) |
attribute | : | incorrupt, |
definition | : | free of corruption or immorality (adj.all) |
5. decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) (noun.process)
hypernym | : | decay, |
definition | : | the process of gradually becoming inferior (noun.process) |
6. in a state of progressive putrefaction (noun.state)
hypernym | : | putrefaction, rot, |
definition | : | a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor (noun.state) |
7. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity (noun.act)
derivation | : | corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate, corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate, |
definition | : | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality (verb.social) |
8. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles (noun.attribute)
9. lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain (noun.attribute)
derivation | : | corrupt, crooked, |
definition | : | not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive (adj.all) |
10. in a state of progressive putrefaction (noun.state)
derivation | : | rotten, |
definition | : | having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness (adj.all) |
derivation | : | putrid, |
definition | : | in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor (adj.all) |
derivation | : | putrescent, |
definition | : | becoming putrid (adj.all) |
derivation | : | decayed, rotted, rotten, |
definition | : | damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless (adj.all) |
derivation | : | putrid, |
definition | : | of or relating to or attended by putrefaction (adj.pert) |
11. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity (noun.act)
derivation | : | corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate, corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate, |
definition | : | corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality (verb.social) |
12. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles (noun.attribute)
13. lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain (noun.attribute)
derivation | : | corrupt, crooked, |
definition | : | not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive (adj.all) |
14. in a state of progressive putrefaction (noun.state)
derivation | : | rotten, |
definition | : | having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness (adj.all) |
derivation | : | putrid, |
definition | : | in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor (adj.all) |
derivation | : | putrescent, |
definition | : | becoming putrid (adj.all) |
derivation | : | decayed, rotted, rotten, |
definition | : | damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless (adj.all) |
derivation | : | putrid, |
definition | : | of or relating to or attended by putrefaction (adj.pert) |
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