incorrupt
Americanadjective
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not corrupt; not debased or perverted; morally upright.
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not to be corrupted; incorruptible.
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not vitiated by errors or alterations.
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Obsolete. free from decomposition or putrefaction.
adjective
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free from corruption; pure
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free from decay; fresh or untainted
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(of a manuscript, text, etc) relatively free from error or alteration
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of incorrupt
1300–50; Middle English < Latin incorruptus unspoiled. See in- 3 + corrupt
Example Sentences
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“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.”
From Salon • May 29, 2012
His artistic existence, incorrupt and otherwise, soothes the soul.
From Salon • May 29, 2012
Day later one of its Democratic members, Washington's Schwellenbach, telephoned Democratic headquarters with news of some incorrupt but exciting discoveries.
From Time Magazine Archive
What they found was an incorrupt politician who worked hard, lived modestly and jogged six miles every day.
From Time Magazine Archive
Salt, however, was offered, because it wards off the corruption of putrefaction: for sacrifices offered to God should be incorrupt.
From Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
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