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corruption

n. 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"

Corruption

n. [the act of being dishonest and illegal]

corruption

n. decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)

corruptness, corruption

n. lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

putrescence, putridness, rottenness, corruption

n. in a state of progressive putrefaction

corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction

n. 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"

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degeneration, devolution

n. the process of declining from a higher to a lower level of effective power or vitality or essential quality

diminution

n. the statement of a theme in notes of lesser duration (usually half the length of the original)

worsening

n. changing something with the result that it becomes worse

regression, simple regression, regression toward the mean, statistical regression

n. the relation between selected values of x and observed values of y (from which the most probable value of y can be predicted for any value of x)

impiety, impiousness

n. unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god

corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction

n. 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"

profanity

n. vulgar or irreverent speech or action

profanation

n. degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening

contamination, taint

n. the state of being contaminated

pollution

n. undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities

foulness

n. disgusting wickedness and immorality; "he understood the foulness of sin"; "his display of foulness deserved severe punishment"; "mouths which speak such foulness must be cleansed"

decline, declination

n. a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state

deterioration, impairment

n. a symptom of reduced quality or strength

baseness, sordidness, contemptibility, despicableness, despicability

n. unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values

nefariousness, wickedness, vileness, ugliness

n. the quality of being wicked

sin, sinfulness, wickedness

n. estrangement from god

orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry

n. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

fall

n. a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue"

shame, disgrace, ignominy

n. a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"

ruin, ruination

n. an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction; "you have brought ruin on this entire family"

impiety, impiousness

n. unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god

corruptness, corruption

n. lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

profanity

n. vulgar or irreverent speech or action

profanation

n. degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening

poison

n. anything that harms or destroys; "the poison of fascism"

villainy, villainousness

n. the quality of evil by virtue of villainous behavior

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incorruptness, incorruption

n. characterized by integrity or probity

morality

n. concern with the distinction between good and evil or right and wrong; right or good conduct

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