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
- incorruption noun
- incorruptly adverb
- incorruptness noun
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
Author Taft thinks so, although he admits that an incorrupt government steps on many toes, recalls a prominent manufacturer who has left the Charter group because he could not get a $2 parking ticket "fixed."
From Time Magazine Archive
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 tribunal of the present is accessible to influence; that of the future is incorrupt.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various
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