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Definition of corruptions

Corruption
Corruption Cor*rup"tion (k?r-r?p"sh?n), n. [F. corruption, L. corruptio.] 1. The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration. The inducing and accelerating of putrefaction is a subject of very universal inquiry; for corruption is a reciprocal to ``generation'. --Bacon. 2. The product of corruption; putrid matter. 3. The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery. It was necessary, by exposing the gross corruptions of monasteries, . . . to exite popular indignation against them. --Hallam. They abstained from some of the worst methods of corruption usual to their party in its earlier days. --Bancroft. Note: Corruption, when applied to officers, trustees, etc., signifies the inducing a violation of duty by means of pecuniary considerations. --Abbott. 4. The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a corruption of style; corruption in language. Corruption of blood (Law), taint or impurity of blood, in consequence of an act of attainder of treason or felony, by which a person is disabled from inheriting any estate or from transmitting it to others. Corruption of blood can be removed only by act of Parliament. --Blackstone. Syn: Putrescence; putrefaction; defilement; contamination; deprivation; debasement; adulteration; depravity; taint. See Depravity.

Meaning of corruptions from wikipedia

- Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a criminal offense which is undertaken by a person or an organization which is entrusted in a position of authority...
- Political corruption is the use of powers by government officials or their network contacts for illegitimate private gain. Forms of corruption vary, but...
- Retrieved 25 January 2017. "Corruptions Perceptions Index 2021 for Afghanistan". Transparency.org. Retrieved 15 March 2022. "Corruptions Perceptions Index 2021...
- Mismeasurement of Corruption". Minnesota Journal of International Law. 22 (1). Rochester, NY: Elsevier: 247–282. "2015 Corruptions Perceptions Index -...
- Look up corruption in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Corruption is the abuse of power for personal gain. Corruption may also refer to: Corruption (1933...
- Police corruption is a form of police misconduct in which law enforcement officers end up breaking their political contract and abusing their power for...
- An Historical Account of Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture is a dissertation by the English mathematician and scholar Isaac Newton. This was sent in...
- data corruption in the storage stack. In Proceedings of 6th Usenix Conference on File and Storage Technologies. Kelemen, P. Silent corruptions (PDF)...
- eliminating the "corruptions" which had ac****ulated over the centuries. The fourth part of the Institutes, An History of the Corruptions of Christianity...
- Memory corruption occurs in a computer program when the contents of a memory location are modified due to programmatic behavior that exceeds the intention...