Meaning of CORRUPTIBLE
Pronunciation: | | ku'ruptubul
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| Definition: | | [adj] capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer" |
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| Synonyms: | | bribable, corrupt, dishonest, purchasable, venal |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Cor*rupt"i*ble\ (k?r-r?p"t?-b'l), a. [L.
corruptibilis: cf. F. corruptible.]
1. Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. ``Our
corruptible bodies.'' --Hooker.
Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as
silver and gold. --1 Pet. i.
18.
2. Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated;
susceptible of depravation.
They systematically corrupt very corruptible race.
--Burke.
-- {Cor*rupt"i*ble*ness}, n. -- {Cor*rupt"i*bly}, adv.
\Cor*rupt"i*ble\, n.
That which may decay and perish; the human body. [Archaic]
--1 Cor. xv. 53.
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| Related Terms: | | approachable, bribable, brittle, buyable, capricious, changeable, corrupt, deciduous, dying, ephemeral, evanescent, fading, fickle, fixable, fleeting, flitting, fly-by-night, flying, fragile, frail, fugacious, fugitive, hireling, impermanent, impetuous, impulsive, inconstant, insubstantial, mercenary, momentary, mortal, mutable, nondurable, nonpermanent, on the pad, on the take, passing, perishable, purchasable, short-lived, temporal, temporary, transient, transitive, transitory, undurable, unenduring, unstable, venal, volatile |
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