nnoun.attributelack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gainAttributes:corrupt incorrupt
Synset:corruptness
Antonyms:incorruptness
Derivationally Related Form:corrupt
Hypernyms:dishonesty
Inherited Hypernyms:corruptnessdishonestyunrighteousnessimmoralityqualityattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:infectionjobberyvenality
Full Hyponyms:infectionjobberyvenality
nnoun.statein a state of progressive putrefactionSynset:putrescence putridness rottenness
Derivationally Related Form:rottenputrescentputrid
Hypernyms:putrefaction rot
Inherited Hypernyms:putrescenceputrefactiondecayunsoundnessconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.processdecay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)Hypernyms:decay
Inherited Hypernyms:corruptiondecaynatural processprocessphysical entityentity
nnoun.attributemoral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principlesSynset:degeneracy depravation depravity putrefaction
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:depraveddeprave
Hypernyms:immorality
Inherited Hypernyms:corruptionimmoralityqualityattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.actdestroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integritySynset:subversion
Examples:- corruption of a minor
- the big city's subversion of rural innocence
Derivationally Related Form:corruptsubvert
Hypernyms:debasement degradation
Inherited Hypernyms:corruptiondegradationchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.actinducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)Examples:- he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering
Hypernyms:inducement inducing
Inherited Hypernyms:corruptioninducementcausingacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity