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incorruptibility

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The condition of being incorruptible; honesty.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

The condition of never decaying or decomposing (especially, as ascribed to the bodies of holy people in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christianity).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • 1618, Anonymous translator, A Manuall of Devout Meditations and Exercises by Tomás de Villacastín, Book 3, Meditation 12, Point 1, p. 510, facsimile reprint in D. M. Rogers (editor), English Recusant Literature, 1558-1640, Volume 326, Menston: The Scolar Press, 1976, Gather hence great joy at the Resurrection of the B. Virgin, and the incorruptibility of her body, the rare and speciall priviledge graunted unto her by her most holy Son, who fullfilled the desires of her soule.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

the incapability of being corrupted

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: corruptibility

Broader terms: honesty, honestness

History

Etymology

From Latin incorruptibilitas.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: неподкупност (nepodkupnost) — being incorruptible
  • Catalan: incorruptibilitat — being incorruptible
  • Esperanto: nekorupteblo — being incorruptible
  • French: incorruptibilité — being incorruptible
  • German: Unbestechlichkeit — being incorruptible
  • Italian: incorruttibilità — being incorruptible
  • Occitan: incorruptibilitat — being incorruptible
  • Portuguese: incorruptibilidade — being incorruptible
  • Spanish: incorruptibilidad — being incorruptible