corruption
/kərˈəpʃən/
भ्रष्टाचार
noun
1. corruptness
lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery)
use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
2. putrescence, putridness, rottenness
in a state of progressive putrefaction
3. corruption
decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
4. 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"
5. 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"
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"
Synonyms
decomposition decay putrescence adulteration dev pravity rottenness defilement deterioration perversion debasement taint contamination putrefaction
Antonyms
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