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Antonyms for corruption
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuh-ruhp-shuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəˈrʌp ʃən |
Definition of corruption
Origin :- mid-14c., of material things, especially dead bodies, also of the soul, morals, etc., from Latin corruptionem (nominative corruptio), noun of action from past participle stem of corrumpere (see corrupt). Of public offices from early 15c.; of language from late 15c.
- noun dishonesty
- noun baseness
- noun adulteration
- The name is a Spanish corruption ofAshiwi, their own name for themselves.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- And am I to be hurried along by this stream of corruption to infamy and oblivion!
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- This is a corruption of the old Norman-French word oyez, “hear ye.”
- Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
- His children are shadows—their life a dance, a sickness, a corruption.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- By what I have ingenuously told you, you may see who began this corruption.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- It is the idleness, luxury and corruption of large cities which cause it to degenerate.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- It is not our business here to probe the corruption of any particular Government.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- The point which has to be considered, is the origin of this corruption in nature.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- A better art than that of Egypt has taken fear and corruption out of it.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- He repeats the complaint which has been made in all ages, that the love of money is the corruption of states.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
Synonyms for corruption
- atrocity
- breach of trust
- bribery
- bribing
- crime
- crookedness
- debasement
- decadence
- decay
- defilement
- degeneration
- degradation
- demoralization
- depravity
- distortion
- doctoring
- evil
- exploitation
- extortion
- falsification
- fiddling
- foulness
- fraud
- fraudulency
- graft
- immorality
- impurity
- infamy
- infection
- iniquity
- jobbery
- looseness
- lubricity
- malfeasance
- misrepresentation
- nepotism
- noxiousness
- on the take
- payoff
- payola
- perversion
- pollution
- profiteering
- profligacy
- putrefaction
- putrescence
- racket
- rot
- rottenness
- shadiness
- shady deal
- shuffle
- sinfulness
- skimming
- squeeze
- turpitude
- unscrupulousness
- venality
- vice
- viciousness
- vulgarity
- wickedness
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