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corruption
Part of speech: NounThe act of changing for the worse: the state of being changed for the worse; decay; impurity; depravity.
Usage examples "corruption":- And the corruption is creeping through our own social body- and you think that all you have to do is not to know about it! - "The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society", Upton Sinclair.
- There are pretty good records of what that corruption and management are, but there is no need to describe them here. - "The English Constitution", Walter Bagehot.
- Thou wilt not suffer him who is consecrated to Thee to see corruption. - "The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon", Alexander Maclaren.