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corruption

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of corruption

1 the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances

  • the ancient Egyptians used special preservatives to spare their dead from complete corruption
Synonyms of corruption

breakdown, decay, decomposition, festering, putrefaction, putrescence, rot, spoilage
Words Related to corruption

crumbling, disintegration, dissolution

curdling, fermentation, moldering, souring
Near Antonyms of corruption

growth, maturation, ripening

2 a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior

  • the corruption of the upper classes eventually led to the fall of the Roman empire
Synonyms of corruption

abjection, corruptness, debasement, debauchery, decadence, decadency, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, demoralization, depravity, dissipatedness, dissipation, dissoluteness, libertinage, libertinism, perversion, pervertedness, rakishness, turpitude
Words Related to corruption

evil, immorality, sinfulness, villainy, wickedness

filth, gangrene, rot, squalor
Near Antonyms of corruption

goodness, morality, righteousness, virtue

3 immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society

  • Socrates was put to death because the ancient Athenians believed he was spreading corruption to their youth
Synonyms of corruption

debauchery, depravity, immorality, iniquitousness, iniquity, libertinage, libertinism, licentiousness, profligacy, sin, vice
Words Related to corruption

bad, badness, blackness, evil, evildoing, ill, turpitude, villainy, wickedness, wrong

atrociousness, evilness, heinousness, sinfulness, unscrupulousness, viciousness, vileness, villainousness

devilry (or deviltry), fiendishness

corruptness, debasement, degeneracy, degeneration, depravedness, dissoluteness, dissolution

indecency, lasciviousness, lechery, lewdness, looseness, perversion, pervertedness, wantonness

abomination, anathema, taboo (also tabu)

criminality, reprehensibleness

baseness, despicableness, dirtiness, lowness, meanness

lousiness, miserableness, wretchedness
Near Antonyms of corruption

good, right

honesty, honor, integrity, legitimacy, probity, rectitude, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, uprightness

goodness, righteousness, virtuousness

blamelessness

chastity, innocence, perfection, pureness, purity, spotlessness

cleanness, correctness, decency, decorousness, propriety, rightness, seemliness
Antonyms of corruption

morality, virtue

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