corruption - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony)

Synonyms

• corruption

More generic

• inducement
• inducing

Noun

destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity

Synonyms

• corruption
• subversion

More generic

• debasement
• degradation

Noun

moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

Synonyms

• corruption
• degeneracy
• depravation
• depravity
• putrefaction

More generic

• immorality

Noun

lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

Synonyms

• corruption
• corruptness

More generic

• dishonesty

More specific

• infection
• jobbery
• venality

Noun

decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)

Synonyms

• corruption

More generic

• decay

Noun

in a state of progressive putrefaction

Synonyms

• corruption
• putrescence
• putridness
• rottenness

More generic

• putrefaction
• rot

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