Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun corruption

6 senses of corruption

Sense 1
corruptness, corruption -- (lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain)
       => dishonesty -- (the quality of being dishonest)

Sense 2
putrescence, putridness, rottenness, corruption -- (in a state of progressive putrefaction)
       => putrefaction, rot -- (a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor)

Sense 3
corruption -- (decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation))
       => decay -- (the process of gradually becoming inferior)

Sense 4
corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction -- (moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction")
       => immorality -- (the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct; "the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction")

Sense 5
corruption, subversion -- (destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity; "corruption of a minor"; "the big city's subversion of rural innocence")
       => degradation, debasement -- (changing to a lower state (a less respected state))

Sense 6
corruption -- (inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony); "he was held on charges of corruption and racketeering")
       => inducement, inducing -- (act of bringing about a desired result; "inducement of sleep")