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incorrupt
[ in-kuh-ruhpt ]
adjective
- not corrupt; not debased or perverted; morally upright.
- not to be corrupted; incorruptible.
- not vitiated by errors or alterations.
- Obsolete. free from decomposition or putrefaction.
incorrupt
/ ˌɪnkəˈrʌpt /
adjective
- free from corruption; pure
- free from decay; fresh or untainted
- (of a manuscript, text, etc) relatively free from error or alteration
Derived Forms
- ˌincorˈruptly, adverb
- ˌincorˈruption, noun
Other Words From
- in·cor·rupt·ly adverb
- in·cor·rupt·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of incorrupt1
Example Sentences
The wine, the letter says, must be “natural, from the fruit of the grape, pure and incorrupt, not mixed with other substances.”
The wine, meanwhile, must be "natural, from the fruit of the grape, pure and incorrupt, not mixed with other substances."
The nation reflected the man: efficient, unsentimental, incorrupt, inventive, forward-looking and pragmatic.
“Only the morally courageous are worthy of speaking to their fellow men for two hours in the dark,” Frank Capra once wrote, “and only the artistically incorrupt will earn and keep the people’s trust.”
It must be so regarded, precisely in so far as the primacy has been instituted for the special end of preserving the faith incorrupt.
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