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Definition of Corruptness
1. Noun. The state of being corrupt.
2. Noun. Lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain.
Specialized synonyms: Infection, Venality, Jobbery
Generic synonyms: Dishonesty
Attributes: Corrupt, Incorrupt
Derivative terms: Corrupt
Antonyms: Incorruptness
Definition of Corruptness
1. n. The quality of being corrupt.
Definition of Corruptness
1. Noun. The state of being corrupt. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Corruptness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corruptness
Literary usage of Corruptness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Empire of the Tsars and the Russians by Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu (1898)
"CHAPTER I. Russian Law—The Code (Svod)—Complexity of the Laws—Ancient Russian
Justice and corruptness of the Courts—The Reform of Alexander II. ..."
2. Theological Institutes: Or, A View of the Evidences, Doctrines, Morals, and by Richard Watson (1851)
"As this is the case with adults, who grow up from a state of childhood, and who
can both trace the corruptness of their nature to their earliest years, ..."
3. The Gospel standard, or Feeble Christian's support (1879)
"The dear Lord brought him down, and made him see something of the evil of his
heart and the corruptness of his nature. He stripped him of his false ..."
4. A Year with the Turks Or Sketches of Travel in the European and Asiatic by Warington Wilkinson Smyth (1854)
"General considerations on European Turkey—Population—The Turks— Liberality of
their institutions—corruptness of officials—Good qualities —Reforms—The ..."
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