incorruptible
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
incorruptible
adj 1: incapable of being morally corrupted; "incorruptible
judges are the backbone of the society"
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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