CORRUPTION Synonyms

• a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor

• (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

• moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

• in a state of progressive putrefaction

• the quality of rotting and becoming putrid

• being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating

• the act of adulterating (especially the illicit substitution of one substance for another)

• declaring or rendering bastard

• an act that debases or corrupts

• the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage

• the state of being contaminated

• a substance that contaminates

• the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors

• the state of being corrupt

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

• being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating

• changing to a lower state (a less respected state)

• the process of gradually becoming inferior

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• the organic phenomenon of rotting

• an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying

• the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation

• lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current

• fall into decay or ruin

• undergo decay or decomposition

• the analysis of a vector field

• in a decomposed state

• (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

• (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

• the organic phenomenon of rotting

• the state of being polluted

• the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities

• moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

• moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

• a symptom of reduced quality or strength

• process of changing to an inferior state

• the act of soiling something

• (geology) the mechanical process of wearing or grinding something down (as by particles washing over it), also figuratively

• condition in which the earth's surface is worn away by the action of water and wind

• a gradual decline of something

• erosion by chemical action

• morally bad or wrong

• morally objectionable behavior

• the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice

• having the nature of vice

• having or exerting a malignant influence

• worthless or dangerous material that should be removed

• the condition of being impure

• in a state of progressive putrefaction