| corruption | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. corruption, corruptness | lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain. |
| ~ infection | moral corruption or contamination.; "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable" |
| ~ venality | prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward. |
| ~ dishonesty | the quality of being dishonest. |
| ~ jobbery | corruptness among public officials. |
| n. (state) | 2. corruption, putrescence, putridness, rottenness | in a state of progressive putrefaction. |
| ~ putrefaction, rot | a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor. |
| n. (process) | 3. corruption | decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation). |
| ~ decay | the process of gradually becoming inferior. |
| n. (attribute) | 4. corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction | moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles.; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction" |
| ~ immorality | the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct.; "the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction" |
| n. (act) | 5. corruption, subversion | destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity.; "corruption of a minor"; "the big city's subversion of rural innocence" |
| ~ degradation, debasement | changing to a lower state (a less respected state). |
| n. (act) | 6. corruption | inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony).; "he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering" |
| ~ inducing, inducement | act of bringing about a desired result.; "inducement of sleep" |
| rottenness | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. putrescence, rottenness | the quality of rotting and becoming putrid. |
| ~ unwholesomeness, morbidness, morbidity | the quality of being unhealthful and generally bad for you. |
| rotten | | |
| adj. | 1. crappy, icky, lousy, rotten, shitty, stinking, stinky | very bad.; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ bad | having undesirable or negative qualities.; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" |
| adj. | 2. decayed, rotted, rotten | damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless.; "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation" |
| ~ unsound | not in good condition; damaged or decayed.; "an unsound foundation" |
| adj. | 3. rotten | having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness.; "dead and rotten in his grave" |
| ~ stale | lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age.; "stale bread"; "the beer was stale" |
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