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Incorruptibility

Definition: Incorruptibility

Incorruptibility

Noun

1. The incapability of being corrupted.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "incorruptibility" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references)



Antonym: corruptibility (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Incorruptibility

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Health

Noun: health, sanity; soundness; Adjective: vigor; good health, perfect health, excellent health, rude health, robust health; bloom. mens sana in corpore sano; Hygeia; incorruption, incorruptibility; good state of health, clean bill of health; eupepsia; euphoria, euphory; St. Anthony's fire.

Probity

Constancy; faithfulness; Adjective: fidelity, loyalty; incorruption, incorruptibility.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Usage Frequency: Incorruptibility

"Incorruptibility" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Incorruptibility" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%7133,076

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Incorruptibility

Language Translations for "incorruptibility"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

paprishmëri, pakorruptim. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏الإستقامة, ‏الإعتدال (golden mean, moderation). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

неподкупност (probity). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

清廉 (incorruptible). (various references)

   

Czech

  

neúplatnost. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

lahjomattomuus. (various references)

   

French

  

incorruptibilité. (various references)

   

German

  

Unbestechlichkeit. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αδιάφθορο. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

romlatlanság. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

incorruptibilityay

   

Portuguese

  

puro (absolute, chaste, clean, clean-fingered, commercially pure, crisp, fresh, genuine, immanence, innocent, naked, neat, Plumb, pure, self, sheer, sinless, snow, snowy, soilless, spotless, stainless, straight, sweet, taintless, true, unalloyed, unblemished, unblended, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, unworldly, virgin, virtuous). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

неподкупность. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

nepodmitljivost. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

incorruptibilidad. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

rüşvet yememe (incorruption), dürüstlük (conscientiousness, correctitude, correctness, directness, erectness, evenness, fairness, faithfulness, honesty, incorruption, integrity, justice, probity, rectitude, righteousness, sincereness, sincerity, squareness, straightforwardness, straightness, truth, uprightness, veracity), bozulmazlık (indissolubility, inviolability). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

властивість (affections, appanage, attribute, character, order, quality, stature, terror), непідкупність (probity). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tính liêm khiết (incorruptibleness, probity, uprightness), tính không thể thối rữa được tính không thể mua chuộc được (incorruptibleness), tính không thể hỏng được (incorruptibleness), tính không thể hủ hoá được (incorruptibleness). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Incorruptibility

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

incorruptelam, incorruptio, incorruptione, incorruptionem, incorruptionis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Rhyming with "Incorruptibility"

Words rhyming with "incorruptibility" (pronounced 'In`cor*rupt`i*bil"i*ty'): Ability, Abnormality, Abnormity, Aboriginality, Absorbability, Absorptivity, Abstrusity, Absurdity, Accendibility, Accentuality, Acceptability, Accessibility, Accidentality, Acclivity, Accomplicity, Accountability, Acerbity, Acetosity, Achromaticity, Acidity, Acquirability, Acrity, Activity, Actuality, Actuosity, Acuity, Addibility, Admirability, Admiralty, Admissibility, Adorability, Aduncity, Adverbiality, Adversity, Advisability, Aeriality, Affability, Affectibility, Agaty, Agility, Agreeability, Alacrity, Alamodality, Aldermanity, Algidity, Alibility, Alienability, Alkalinity, Allotropicity, Alterability, Alterity, Alternity, Amability, Ambidexterity, Ambiguity, Amenability, Amenity, Amiability, Amicability, Amissibility, Amity, Amorosity, Amovability, Anaplasty, Anfractuosity, Anglicity, Angularity, Angulosity, Anility, Animality, Animosity, Annuity, Annularity, Anonymity, Anteriority, Antiquity, Anxiety, Appetibility, Applicability, Apprehensibiity, Approachability, Appropinquity, Apriority, Aqueity, Aquosity, Aridity, Artificiality, Asininity, Asperity, Assiduity, Assignability, Assimilability, Associability, Astucity, Atomicity, Atrocity, Attainability, Attractability, Attractivity, Audacity, Audibility, Austerity, Authenticity, Authority, Autoplasty, Autostability, availability, Avidity, Banality, Barbarity, Basicity, Batty, BEAUTY, Benignity, Bestiality, Betty, Bibacity, Biblicality, Biformity, Bilaterality, Biplicity, Bipolarity, Bolty, Booty, BOUNTY, Brevity, Bridalty, Brutality, Butty, Caducity, Calamity, Calidity, Caliginosity, Callidity, Callosity, Caloricity, Canonicity, Canthoplasty, Canty, Capability, Capacity, Capillarity, Captivity, Cariosity, Carnality, Carnivoracity, Carnosity, Casualty, Catholicity, Catty, Causality, Cavity, Cecity, Celebrity, Celerity, Centrality, Centricity, Cerebricity, Certainty, Champerty, Changeability, Charity, Chastity, Cheiloplasty, Christianity, Circuity, Circularity, Circumstantiality, Civillty, Clandestinity, Clarity, Clericity, Clivity, Clotty, Coactivity, Coagulability, Coequality, Coessentiality, Coeternity, Cogitability, Cognoscibility, Cohesibility, Collectivity, Colloidality, Columnarity, Combustibility, Comicality, Comity, Commensality, Commensurability, Commodity, Commonalty, Commonty, Communicability, Community, Commutability, Compaternity, Compatibility, Complexity, Complicity, Comprehensibility, Compressibility, Concavity, Concentricity, Conceptibility, Concinnity, Condensability, Condignity, Conditionality, Conducibility, Conductibility, Conductivity, Confinity, Confluxibility, Conformability, Conformity, Confraternity, Confusability, Congeniality, Congruity, Conicality, Conjugality, Connaturality, Connubiality, Consanguinity, Consentaneity, Conspectuity, Conspicuity, Constitutionality, Consubstantiality, Contemporaneity, Contemptibility, Contiguity, Continuity, Contractibility, Contractility, Contrariety, Controllability, Conventionality, Convertibility, Convexity, Convicinity, Conviviality, Cordiality, Coreplasty, Corporality, Corporeality, Corporeity, Corrigibility, Corrodibility, Corrosibility, Corruptibility, Cosurety, Cotqueanity, County, Credibility, Credulity, Criminality, Crinosity, Crocodility, Crudity, Cruelty, Cullibility, Culpability, Cupidity, Curability, Curiality, Curiosity, Curvilinearity, Curvity, Cutty, Cylindricity, Cytty, Damnability, Debility, Debonairity, Deceptivity, Deciduity, Declivity, Deducibility, Defectibility, Defectuosity, Defensibility, Deflagrability, Deformity, Deiformity, Deity, Demisability, Democraty, Demonstrability, Demurity, Density, Deplorability, Depravity, Deputy, Descendibility, Desirability, Despicability, Destructibility, Deteriority, Determinability, Detestability, Devexity, Devotionality, Dexterity, Dextrality, Diaphaneity, Dibasicity, Dicacity, Didacticity, Difficulty, Difformity, Diffusibility, Diffusivity, Digestibility, Dignity, Dilatability, Dimensity, Dimity, Disability, Disassiduity, Discommodity, Discommunity, Disconformity, Discongruity, Discontinuity, Discoverability, Disensanity, Disformity, Dishonesty, Disingenuity, Disloyalty, Disparity, Disproperty, Disputacity, Disquantity, Disreputability, Disrespectability, Dissimilarity, Dissipativity, Dissociability, Dissolubility, Dissolvability, Distensibility, Disunity, Diuturnity, Diversifiability, Diversity, Divinity, Divisibility, Docility, Docity, Domesticity, Dotty, Doty, Doughty, Drasty, Duality, Dubiety, Dubiosity, Ductility, Duplicity, Durability, Durity, Duty, Dynasty, Ebriety, Ebriosity, Eccentricity, Edacity, Edibility, Educability, Efficacity, Effumability, Egality, Egoity, Elasticity, Electorality, Elementality, Elementarity, Eligibility, Ellipticity, Emotivity, Empty, Enmity, Enomoty, Enormity, Entierty, Entirety, Entity, Ephoralty, Epulosity, Equability, Equality, Equanimity, Equilibrity, Equity, Erectility, Essentiality, Eternity. 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Anagrams: Incorruptibility

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-c-i-i-i-i-l-n-o-p-r-r-t-t-u-y"

-2 letters: corruptibility.

-3 letters: incorruptibly.

-5 letters: corruptibly, incorruptly.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Incorruptibility


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 6E 63 6F 72 72 75 70 74 69 62 69 6C 69 74 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..    -.    -.-.    ---    .-.    .-.    ..-    .--.    -    ..    -...    ..    .-..    ..    -    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01101110 01100011 01101111 01110010 01110010 01110101 01110000 01110100 01101001 01100010 01101001 01101100 01101001 01110100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#110 &#99 &#111 &#114 &#114 &#117 &#112 &#116 &#105 &#98 &#105 &#108 &#105 &#116 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006E 0063 006F 0072 0072 0075 0070 0074 0069 0062 0069 006C 0069 0074 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

43806981848487828675687578758691

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage Frequency
3. Translations: Modern
4. Translations: Ancient
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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