incorrupt
Americanadjective
-
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.
adjective
-
free from corruption; pure
-
free from decay; fresh or untainted
-
(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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
His artistic existence, incorrupt and otherwise, soothes the soul.
From Salon • May 29, 2012
“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
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
The offense of 100% incorrupt Sir Christopher Bullock was "indiscretion," almost the only offense with which a British Civil Servant is ever charged.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred,—that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 by Various
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
