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corrupt

a. அழுகின, ஊழலான, ஊசிப்போன, இழிந்த, பழிகேடுற்ற, சீரழிந்த, மாசுபட்ட, தூய்மைகெட்ட, ஒழுக்கங்கெட்ட, கைக்கூலி வாங்கும் இயல்புடைய, இலஞ்ச ஊழல் மலிந்த, இலஞ்சத்தால் வசப்படுத்தத்தக்க, போலியான, மோசமான, செல்லுபடியாகாத, உண்மையற்ற, பிழைமலிந்த, (வி.) அழுகலாக்கு, ஊழ்ந்துப்போ, கெடு, கறைப்படுத்து, நச்சுப்பரப்பு, தொற்றுட்டு, மொழித்தூய்மை கெடு, கைக்கூலி கொடுத்து வசப்படுத்து, இலஞ்ச ஊழலால் கெடு, இழிவுபடுத்து, கெட்டுப்போ, சீரழிந்து போ.


Synonyms

#verb spoil, deteriorate, impair, putrefy, vitiate, demoralize,debase, defile, contaminate, pollute, deprave defiled, polluted, vitiated, decayed, depraved, putrid, rotten,infected, tainted, profligate, contaminated

Antonyms

#verb mend, repair, purify, cleanse, correct, ameliorate, better pure, uncorrupt, undented

Cor*rupt` (kr-rpt"), a. Etym: [L. corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. See Rupture.] 1. Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound. Who with such corrupt and pestilent bread would feed them. Knolles. 2. Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges. At what ease Might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt To swear against you. Shak. 3. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt. Cor*rupt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Corrupting.] 1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy. 2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile. Evil communications corrupt good manners. 1. Cor. xv. 33. 3. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to corrupt a judge by a bribe. Heaven is above all yet; there sits a Judge That no king can corrupt. Shak. 4. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text. He that makes an ill use of it [language], though he does not corrupt the fountains of knowledge, . . . yet he stops the pines. Locke. 5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt. Matt. vi. 19. Cor*rupt" (kr-rpt"), v. i. 1. To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot. Bacon. 2. To become vitiated; to lose putity or goodness.


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