| Pronunciation: | | `inku'ruptubul
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| Matching Terms: | | incorruptibly
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| | Definition: | | [adj] incapable of being morally corrupted; "incorruptible judges are the backbone of the society" |
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| | Synonyms: | | incorrupt |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\In"cor*rupt"i*ble\, a. [L. incorruptibilis: cf.
F. incorruptible. See {In-} not, and {Corrupt}.]
1. Not corruptible; incapable of corruption, decay, or
dissolution; as, gold is incorruptible.
Our bodies shall be changed into incorruptible and
immortal substances. --Wake.
2. Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly
just and upright.
\In"cor*rupt"i*ble\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
One of a religious sect which arose in Alexandria, in the
reign of the Emperor Justinian, and which believed that the
body of Christ was incorruptible, and that he suffered
hunger, thirst, pain, only in appearance.
\In"cor*rupt"i*ble\, n.
The quality or state of being incorruptible. --Boyle.
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