corruptnessn.
/kəˈrʌptnɪs/ The quality of being corrupt; corruption.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [noun]
rusteOE
vice1297
corrumpciona1340
infectiona1398
corruptiona1400
foulinga1400
viciousness1440
inquination1447
turpitude1490
intoxicationa1513
pravitya1513
bracery1540
insincerity1548
corruptness1561
sophistication1564
faultiness1571
depravation1577
base-mindedness1582
mangling1585
reprobacy1591
uninnocence1593
vitiosity1603
turkessing1612
reprobancea1616
debauchedness1618
tortuosity1621
depravedness1623
deboistness1628
debauchness1640
depravity1646
corruptedness1648
moral turpitude1660
unprincipledness1792
demoralization1797
erosion1804
miscreancy1804
trituration1832
unwholesomeness1881
ne'er-do-wellism1891
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > corruption or putridness > [noun]
rottennessc1350
corruption1377
rottednessa1398
rottingnessa1398
putredea1400
rotnessa1400
rotshipa1400
rottenhead?c1400
putridness?a1425
ranknessc1450
corruptness1561
putriture1569
putritude1617
putridity1628
putidness1648
putrescency1752
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > rotten or putrefying condition
rottingOE
rottennessc1350
rottednessa1398
putredea1400
rotnessa1400
rotshipa1400
rottenhead?c1400
putridness?a1425
corruptness1561
putriture1569
putritude1617
putridity1628
putidness1648
feculency1651
putrescency1752
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [noun] > corruption
corrumpciona1340
corruptiona1400
subversiona1425
insincerity1548
corruptness1561
putrefactiona1622
corruptedness1648
putridity1823
putrescence1841
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) ii. iv. 138 The wickednesse that they have conceived by corruptnesse of nature.
1638 J. Penkethman Artachthos sig. Iiijv The Beasts and Cattel also through corruptnesse of the grasse wheron they fed, died.
1786 J. Roberts in Life 38 Thou mayest see the corruptness of such laws.
1828 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor VI. xxix. 286 The corruptness of his motives in marrying my cousin.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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