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Meaning of INCORRUPTION

Pronunciation:  `inku'rupshun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  characterized by integrity or probity
 
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 Synonyms: incorruptness
 
 Antonyms: corruption, corruptness
 
 See Also: honestness, honesty

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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