incorruptibility

Examples

• All

• I tell her carefully that there was a time when I felt put down by him and his lofty incorruptibility, which could make you feel trivial.

  Academic text (2001)

• The strengths of the Chuan administration include his reputation for honesty and incorruptibility, his moderate ideology, his politeness, and his long experience in government.

  Academic text (1995)

• Would you have it professionally framed and hang it on your wall to look at... and remind you of your courage and incorruptibility?

  Hannibal (2001)

• The honor of a gentleman demands the inviolability of his word and the incorruptibility of his principles.

  Academic text (2009)

• He had on a black leather jacket, covered with metal studs that seemed to be meant to protect him, and he moved with the patience and incorruptibility of a robot.

  Fiction book (1993)

• An Islamist patina enabled Fatah to create an image of incorruptibility, purity, and devotion to jihad.

  Academic text (2008)

• So, too, did the equally central belief in the fairness and incorruptibility of British justice and the assurance that evildoers would inevitably get their just deserts with murderers sent to the gallows.

  Academic text (2010)

• The incorruptibility of her character earned her the trust of the entire community.

• In the world of finance, incorruptibility is essential to maintaining the integrity of the system.

• Many admired the judge for his incorruptibility, believing he would always act fairly and impartially.

Synonyms

I

integrity

vsincorruptibility

447 4.3

Being honest and doing what is right

is about a fixed resistance to being ethically compromised by others

P

probity

vsincorruptibility

• Formal

3 9.1

The quality of being honest and fair in actions and decisions

is about being unable to act dishonestly or accept bribes

I

incorruption

vsincorruptibility

• Formal

1 9.9

Being honest and not taking bribes

is the same meaning but uses a different noun form

U

uprightness

vsincorruptibility

1 5.6

Being honest and doing the right thing

is about not being able to be bribed or turned dishonest

I

incorruptness

vsincorruptibility

• Formal

9.9

The quality of being honest and refusing bribes

is about general inability to be bribed or made dishonest

I

impeccability

vsincorruptibility

• Specialized

9.9

A state of having no moral faults or sins

is about being unable to be made dishonest, not about absolute sinlessness

S

scrupulousness

vsincorruptibility

7.7

Careful attention to doing what is right and to small details

is about being unable to act dishonestly, not only careful or precise behavior

Antonyms

C

corruption

36 4.6

A situation where people lose moral principles and act badly

I

immorality

23 6.3

Bad behavior that people see as wrong or evil

C

corruptibility

8.2

How easily people or organizations become dishonest and accept bribes

How Honest

incorruptibility

• Formal

1 9.1

integrity

447 4.3

honesty

365 1.0

dishonesty

46 3.2

corruption

355 4.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology