(n) :
the act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery; the act of corrupting or making
putrid, or state of being
corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction;
putrefaction;
deterioration
"it was necessary, by exposing the gross corruptions of monasteries, . . . to exite popular indignation against them. — Hallam"