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Definition of Incorruption
1. Noun. Characterized by integrity or probity.
Generic synonyms: Honestness, Honesty
Antonyms: Corruptness
Derivative terms: Incorrupt, Incorrupt
Definition of Incorruption
1. n. The condition or quality of being incorrupt or incorruptible; absence of, or exemption from, corruption.
Definition of Incorruption
1. Noun. (archaic) The state of being incorrupt ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Incorruption
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Incorruption
Literary usage of Incorruption
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Five Books of S. Irenaeus: Bishop of Lyons, Against Heresies by Irenaeus (1872)
"Since we could no otherwise receive incorruption and immortality, but by being
united to ... And how .could we be united to incorruption and immortality, ..."
2. The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People by William Sewel (1844)
"And though it is said, this corruptible shall put on incorruption, and this mortal
shall put on immortality ; the change shall be such as flesh and blood ..."
3. Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers by James Donaldson, Alexander Roberts (1869)
"And therefore when he says, " Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God,"
he adds the explanation, " Neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. ..."
4. The Expositor edited by Samuel Cox, William Robertson Nicoll, James Moffatt (1903)
"50): " This I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of
God, neither doth corruption inherit incorruption." Luke's is indeed the ..."
5. A Commentary on the Psalms: From Primitive and Mediaeval Writers and from by John Mason Neale, Richard Frederick Littledale (1868)
"Jerome, corruption into incorruption, that made partakers with His Saints, we
may rejoice in Him with everlasting gladness. Through. (1.) PSALM LXIX. ..."
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