incorruptibility

incorruptibility
incorruptibility (n.) mid-15c., from L.L. incorruptibilitas, from incorruptibilis (see INCORRUPTIBLE (Cf. incorruptible)).

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  • Incorruptibility — In cor*rupt i*bil i*ty, n. [L. incorruptibilitas: cf. F. incorruptibilit[ e].] The quality of being incorruptible; incapability of corruption. Holland. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • incorruptibility — index adhesion (loyalty), honesty, honor (good reputation), integrity, inviolability, loyalty …   Law dictionary

  • Incorruptibility — The body of Saint Virginia Centurione, found to be incorrupt by the Catholic Church. Incorruptibility is a Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox believe that supernatural (or Godly) intervention allows some human bodies (specifically saints) to… …   Wikipedia

  • incorruptibility — incorruptible ► ADJECTIVE 1) not susceptible to corruption, especially by bribery. 2) not subject to death or decay. DERIVATIVES incorruptibility noun …   English terms dictionary

  • incorruptibility — noun see incorruptible …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • incorruptibility — See incorruptible. * * * …   Universalium

  • incorruptibility — noun The condition of being incorruptible; honesty …   Wiktionary

  • incorruptibility — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Honesty] Syn. integrity, honor, loyalty; see honesty 1 , reliability . 2. [Persistence] Syn. immortality, continuance, perpetuity; see continuation 1 , immortality 1 , persistence . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality …   English dictionary for students

  • incorruptibility — in·cor·rupt·i·bil·i·ty || ɪnkÉ™rÊŒptÉ™ bɪlÉ™tɪ n. quality of being impossible to pervert; quality of being unsusceptible to decay; blamelessness, innocence …   English contemporary dictionary

  • incorruptibility — n. 1. Imperishableness, incorruptibleness, incorruption, indestructibility, immortality, deathlessness, perpetuity of being. 2. Superiority to corruption, unpurchasableness, inflexible honesty, incorruptible integrity …   New dictionary of synonyms

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