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Meaning of corruption

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  corruption
      n 1: lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to
           bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
           [syn: {corruptness}, {corruption}] [ant: {incorruption},
           {incorruptness}]
      2: in a state of progressive putrefaction [syn: {putrescence},
         {putridness}, {rottenness}, {corruption}]
      3: decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
      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: {corruption}, {degeneracy},
         {depravation}, {depravity}, {putrefaction}]
      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: {corruption},
         {subversion}]
      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"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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