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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Corruptible \Cor*rupt"i*ble\, n.
That which may decay and perish; the human body. [Archaic]
--1 Cor. xv. 53.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
corruptible
adj : capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest
politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police
officer" [syn: bribable, dishonest, purchasable,
venal]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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