uncorruptionn.
Absence of corruption; uncorrupt character or condition.
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society > morality > virtue > purity > [noun]
cleannessc890
unwemmednessc1175
purity?c1225
shireness?c1225
cleanshipc1230
uncorruptionc1384
purenessa1398
undefoulingnessc1400
whitenessc1400
cleanliness1430
immaculation1509
clearness1526
undefiledness1571
uncorruptness1583
unspottedness1598
intemerateness1607
uncorruptedness1611
candour1612
spotlessness1619
immaculateness1641
candidness1654
unblemishedness1656
intemeration1660
unstainedness1685
pearliness1760
taintlessness1811
stainlessness1862
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Rom. ii. 7 Glorie, and honour, and vncoripcioun, to hem sekynge euerelasting lyf.
a1420 Wycliffite Bible Wisd. vi. 19 (margin) That is, of goostly vncorrupcioun, bi eschewing of synne.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Titus ii. 7 Shew vncorrupcion, honestie, and the wholsome worde which cannot be rebuked.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 74v Onely in the children remained the aunciente integritee & uncorrupcion.
1824 J. Bentham & P. Bingham Bk. Fallacies iv. vii. 284.
1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. IV. viii. iii. 56 That perfect purity and uncorruption which has so long been regarded as a characteristic..of an English..judge.
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