corruption of purity
Look at other dictionaries:
Purity Dilution — Purity Dilution … Википедия
Corruption — Cor*rup tion (k?r r?p sh?n), n. [F. corruption, L. corruptio.] 1. The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Corruption of blood — Corruption Cor*rup tion (k?r r?p sh?n), n. [F. corruption, L. corruptio.] 1. The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Corruption (linguistics) — Corruption or bastardisation is a way of referring to certain changes in a language and their prescriptive evaluation. The most common way that a word can be said to be corrupted is the change of its spelling through errors and gradual changes in … Wikipedia
corruption — [n1] dishonesty breach of trust, bribery, bribing, crime, crookedness, demoralization, exploitation, extortion, fiddling, fraud, fraudulency, graft, jobbery, malfeasance, misrepresentation, nepotism, on the take*, payoff, payola*, profiteering,… … New thesaurus
corruption — noun 1) political corruption Syn: dishonesty, unscrupulousness, double dealing, fraud, fraudulence, misconduct, crime, criminality, wrongdoing; bribery, venality, extortion, profiteering, payola; informal graft, grift, crookedness … Thesaurus of popular words
corruption — noun 1) political corruption Syn: dishonesty, unscrupulousness, double dealing, fraud, misconduct, bribery, venality; N.Amer. payola; informal graft, sleaze 2) his fall into corruption Syn: immorality … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
corruption — /keuh rup sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt. 2. moral perversion; depravity. 3. perversion of integrity. 4. corrupt or dishonest proceedings. 5. bribery. 6. debasement or alteration, as of language or a text. 7. a… … Universalium
corruption — noun a) The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery. It was necessary, by exposing the gross… … Wiktionary
corruption — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Vice] Syn. baseness, depravity, degradation; see crime 1 , evil 1 . 2. [Conduct involving graft] Syn. extortion, bribery, fraud, fraudulence, venality, misrepresentation, dishonesty, profiteering, nepotism, breach of trust,… … English dictionary for students