History
History
Synonyms
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Meaning:
blight

a kind of plant disease

disease; plague

cancer

(a kind of) diseased growth in the body, often causing death

malignant growth

canker

a disease that destroys the wood of trees

blistered infection

crime

an offence for which there is punishment by law

offense against the law

damage

harm or break that causes loss of value

injury, loss

decadence

the fall to a lower standard (in morals, art, literature etc)

perversion; deterioration of morality

deformity

a deformed part (especially of the body)

disfigurement, distortion

disgrace

the loss of respect, favour, good reputation

state of shame; bad reputation

filth

a dirty mass; obscene language, pictures etc

dirt, pollution

immorality

crime

crime

infection

the process of infecting or being infected, especially the communication of disease through the air or water; an infectious disease

contamination

malapropism

an incorrect use of a word that is similar to another one, such as 'a city with many aversions' (for diversions)

abuse; wrong application

misuse

(an instance of) using power, an instrument, money etc wrongly

abuse; wrong application

perversion

the act of perverting or being perverted; a change from right to wrong, to something abnormal, unnatural etc

sexual abnormality

poison

a substance causing death or harm of absorbed by a living thing (animal or plant)

substance that causes harm, death

pollution

the act of polluting; (a mixture of) substances that pollute

dirtiness, contamination

rust

the reddish-brown coating formed on iron etc by the action of water and air

corrosion

treachery

the act, result, of being treacherous

disloyalty, dishonesty

vice

(a particular kind of) evil conduct or practice; an apparatus with strong clamps in which things can be held tightly while being cut, shaped etc; second in authority; deputy

bad habit; sin

CORRUPTION as in Wiktionary
CORRUPTION as in Wikipedia