Meaning of INCORRUPTION
Pronunciation: | | `inku'rupshun
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WordNet Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | [n] characterized by integrity or probity |
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| Synonyms: | | incorruptness |
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| Antonyms: | | corruption, corruptness | |
| See Also: | | honestness, honesty | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \In"cor*rup"tion\, n. [L. incorruptio: cf. F.
incorruption. See {In-} not, and {Corruption}.]
The condition or quality of being incorrupt or incorruptible;
absence of, or exemption from, corruption.
It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption.
--1 Cor. xv.
42.
The same preservation, or, rather, incorruption, we
have observed in the flesh of turkeys, capons, etc.
--Sir T.
Browne.
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