corruption
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
Types & categories
- dishonesty hypernym
- infection hyponym
- venality hyponym
- jobbery hyponym
Related & opposite
- incorruptness antonym
- corrupt attribute
- incorrupt attribute
- corrupt derivation
Sense 2 noun
in a state of progressive putrefaction
Types & categories
- putrefaction hypernym
Related & opposite
- rotten derivation
- putrid derivation
- putrescent derivation
- decayed derivation
- putrid derivation
Sense 3 noun
decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
Types & categories
- decay hypernym
Sense 4 noun
moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
the luxury and corruption among the upper classes
Types & categories
- immorality hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
corruption of a minor
Types & categories
- degradation hypernym
Related & opposite
- debauch derivation
Sense 6 noun
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
Types & categories
- inducing hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | incorruptness |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | corrupt |
| 1 | attribute | Related & opposite | incorrupt |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | corrupt |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | dishonesty |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | infection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | venality |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | jobbery |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rotten |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | putrid |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | putrescent |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | decayed |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | putrid |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | putrefaction |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | decay |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | debauch |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | reprobate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | immorality |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | debauch |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | degradation |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | inducing |