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corruptness|kəˈrʌptnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality of being corrupt; corruption.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. ii. iv. (1634) 138 The wickednesse that they have conceived by corruptnesse of nature. 1638Penkethman Artach. I iij b, The Beasts and Cattel also through corruptnesse of the grasse wheron they fed, died. 1786J. Roberts in Life 38 Thou mayest see the corruptness of such laws. a1847Mrs. Sherwood Lady of Manor V. xxix. 81 The corruptness of his motives in marrying my cousin. |