Incorruptible

4 definitions found

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

  Incorruptible \In`cor*rupt"i*ble\, a. [L. incorruptibilis: cf.
     F. incorruptible. See {In-} not, and {Corrupt}.]
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     1. Not corruptible; incapable of corruption, decay, or
        dissolution; as, gold is incorruptible.
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              Our bodies shall be changed into incorruptible and
              immortal substances.                  --Wake.
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     2. Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly
        just and upright.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Incorruptible \In`cor*rupt"i*ble\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
     One of a religious sect which arose in Alexandria, in the
     reign of the Emperor Justinian, and which believed that the
     body of Christ was incorruptible, and that he suffered
     hunger, thirst, pain, only in appearance.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  incorruptible
       adj : incapable of being morally corrupted; "incorruptible judges
             are the backbone of the society"

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

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "incorruptible":
     amaranthine, deathless, dependable, embalmed, ever-fresh,
     everlasting, fadeless, faithworthy, frozen, immortal, imperishable,
     impregnable, indelible, indestructible, ineffaceable, ineradicable,
     inexpugnable, inextinguishable, invincible, inviolable,
     invulnerable, irrefragable, never-dying, nonperishable, proven,
     quenchless, reliable, responsible, straight, sure, tested,
     to be trusted, tried, tried and true, true, trustable, trustworthy,
     trusty, undampable, undestroyable, undying, unfading, unfalse,
     unperfidious, unquenchable, untreacherous