Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COR-RUPT'NESS
COR-RUPT'NESS, n.
- The state of being corrupt; putrid state or putrescence.
- A state of moral impurity; as, the corruptness of a judge.
- A vicious state; debasement; impurity; as, the corruptness of language.
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