corruption
The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity.
Noun 4 meanings
The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity.
The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
The product of corruption; putrid matter.
The decomposition of biological matter.
Etymology
Borrowed from French corruption, from Latin corruptiō, equivalent to corrupt + -ion.
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CORRUPTION at a glance
CORRUPTION has 10 letters and scores 14 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + R 1 + R 1 + U 1 + P 3 + T 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 18 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,857 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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