Corruptible

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Corruptible \Cor*rupt"i*ble\ (k?r-r?p"t?-b'l), a. [L.
     corruptibilis: cf. F. corruptible.]
     1. Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. "Our
        corruptible bodies." --Hooker.
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              Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as
              silver and gold.                      --1 Pet. i.
                                                    18.
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     2. Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated;
        susceptible of depravation.
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              They systematically corrupt very corruptible race.
                                                    --Burke.
        -- {Cor*rupt"i*ble*ness}, n. -- {Cor*rupt"i*bly}, adv.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Corruptible \Cor*rupt"i*ble\, n.
     That which may decay and perish; the human body. [Archaic]
     --1 Cor. xv. 53.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  corruptible
       adj : capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest
             politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police
             officer" [syn: {bribable}, {dishonest}, {purchasable},
             {venal}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "corruptible":
     approachable, bribable, brittle, buyable, capricious, changeable,
     corrupt, deciduous, dying, ephemeral, evanescent, fading, fickle,
     fixable, fleeting, flitting, fly-by-night, flying, fragile, frail,
     fugacious, fugitive, hireling, impermanent, impetuous, impulsive,
     inconstant, insubstantial, mercenary, momentary, mortal, mutable,
     nondurable, nonpermanent, on the pad, on the take, passing,
     perishable, purchasable, short-lived, temporal, temporary,
     transient, transitive, transitory, undurable, unenduring, unstable,
     venal, volatile