incorruption

[ in-kuh-ruhp-shuhn ]

/ ˌɪn kəˈrʌp ʃən /

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noun Archaic.

the quality or condition of being incorrupt.

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Origin of incorruption

1350–1400; Middle English <Late Latin incorruptiōn- (stem of incorruptiō). See in-³, corruption

Words nearby incorruption

incorr., incorrect, incorrigible, incorrupt, incorruptible, incorruption, Incoterms, incr., incrassate, increase, increaser

How to use incorruption in a sentence

Love is the keeping of her laws; and the giving heed unto her laws is the assurance of incorruption.
Journal in France in 1845 and 1848 with Letters from Italy in 1847|T. W. (Thomas William) Allies
Instantly it is raised, transfigured; the corruptible has put on incorruption.
Essays|Ralph Waldo Emerson
Flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
Parables of the Christ-life|I. Lilias Trotter
No one in Ireland wears even the mask of incorruption; no one professes to do for sixpence what he can get a shilling for doing.
Life Of Johnson, Volume 4 (of 6)|Boswell

Now that the incorruption of this most fragrant ambergris should be found in the heart of such decay; is this nothing?
Moby Dick; or The Whale|Herman Melville

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