the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt.

moral perversion; depravity.

perversion of integrity.

corrupt or dishonest proceedings.

bribery.

debasement or alteration, as of language or a text.

a debased form of a word.

putrefactive decay; rottenness.

any corrupting influence or agency.

noun

decency , honesty , honor , truthfulness , wholesomeness , goodness , kindness , cleanliness , cleanness , pureness , purification , purity , sterility , incorruption

noun

breach of trust , bribery , bribing , crime , crookedness , demoralization , exploitation , extortion , fiddling , fraud , fraudulency , graft , jobbery , malfeasance , misrepresentation , nepotism , on the take , payoff , payola * , profiteering , racket * , shadiness , shady deal , shuffle , skimming , squeeze * , unscrupulousness , venality , atrocity , decadence , degeneration , degradation , depravity , evil , immorality , impurity , infamy , iniquity , looseness , lubricity , perversion , profligacy , sinfulness , turpitude , vice , viciousness , vulgarity , wickedness , debasement , decay , defilement , distortion , doctoring , falsification , foulness , infection , noxiousness , pollution , putrefaction , putrescence , rot , rottenness , bestiality , flagitiousness , villainousness , villainy , corruptness , dishonesty , improbity , barbarism , solecism , vulgarism , debauchery , impropriety , payola , subornation , vitiation: improbity