corruption

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noun

1. lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery);
use of a position of trust for dishonest gain (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
corruptness
• Ant:
incorruptness (for: corruptness)
• Derivationally related forms:
corrupt (for: corruptness)
• Hypernyms:
dishonesty
• Hyponyms:
infection, venality, jobbery
• Attrubites:
corrupt, incorrupt
2. in a state of progressive putrefaction
• Syn:
putrescence, putridness, rottenness
• Derivationally related forms:
rotten (for: rottenness), putrid (for: putridness), putrescent (for: putrescence)
• Hypernyms:
putrefaction, rot
3. decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
• Hypernyms:
decay
4. 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
• Syn:
degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction
• Derivationally related forms:
depraved (for: depravity), deprave (for: depravity), deprave (for: depravation)
• Hypernyms:
immorality
5. 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
• Syn:
subversion
• Derivationally related forms:
subvert (for: subversion), corrupt
• Hypernyms:
degradation, debasement
6. 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
• Hypernyms:
inducement, inducing

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  subversion, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction, putrescence, putridness, rottenness, corruptness
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  incorruptness, incorruption