incorruptible

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: in=cor=rupt=i=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

incorruptible, a. [L. incorruptibilis: cf. F. incorruptible. See In- not, and Corrupt.].

•  Not corruptible; incapable of corruption, decay, or dissolution; as, gold is incorruptible.  [1913 Webster]

  "Our bodies shall be changed into incorruptible and immortal substances."  [1913 Webster]
•  Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.  [1913 Webster]

incorruptible, n. 

 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

incorruptible, adj.
1 that cannot be corrupted, esp. by bribery.
2 that cannot decay; everlasting.

Derivative

incorruptibility n. incorruptibly adv.

Etymology

ME f. OF incorruptible or eccl.L incorruptibilis (as IN-(1), CORRUPT)

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

incorruptible

Stability

N stability, immutability, unchangeability unchangeableness, constancy, stable equilibrium, immobility, soundness, vitality, stabiliment, stiffness, ankylosis, solidity, aplomb, establishment, fixture, rock, pillar, tower, foundation, leopard's spots, Ethiopia's skin, permanence, obstinacy, unchangeable, immutable, unaltered, unalterable, not to be changed, constant, permanent, invariable, undeviating, stable, durable, perennial, fixed, steadfast, firm, fast, steady, balanced, confirmed, valid, fiducial, immovable, irremovable, riveted, rooted, settled, established, vested, incontrovertible, stereotyped, indeclinable, tethered, anchored, moored, at anchor, on a rock, rock solid, firm as a rock, firmly seated, firmly established, deep-rooted, ineradicable, inveterate, obstinate, transfixed, stuck fast, aground, high and dry, stranded, stuck, jammed, unremovable, quiescent, deterioration, indefeasible, irretrievable, intransmutable, incommutable, irresoluble, irrevocable, irreversible, reverseless, inextinguishable, irreducible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indestructible, undying, imperishable, incorruptible, indelible, indeciduous, insusceptible, insusceptible of change, Int, stet, littera scripta manet.

Probity

N probity, integrity, rectitude, uprightness, honesty, faith, honor, bonne foi, good faith, bona fides, purity, clean hands, fairness, fair play, justice, equity, impartiality, principle, even-handedness, grace, constancy, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, incorruption, incorruptibility, trustworthiness, truth, candor, singleness of heart, veracity, tender conscience, punctilio, delicacy, nicety, scrupulosity, scrupulousness, scruple, point, point of honor, punctuality, dignity, (repute), respectability, respectableness, gentilhomme, gentleman, man of honor, man of his word, fidus Achates, preux chevalier, galantuomo, truepenny, trump, brick, true Briton, white man, court of honor, a fair field and no favor, argumentum ad verecundiam, upright, honest, honest as daylight, veracious, virtuous, honorable, fair, right, just, equitable, impartial, evenhanded, square, fair and aboveboard, open and aboveboard, white, constant, constant as the northern star, faithful, loyal, staunch, true, true blue, true to one's colors, true to the core, true as the needle to the pole, marble-constant, true- hearted, trusty, trustworthy, as good as one's word, to be depended on, incorruptible, straightforward, frank, candid, open-hearted, conscientious, tender-conscienced, right-minded, high-principled, high-minded, scrupulous, religious, strict, nice, punctilious, correct, punctual, respectable, reputable, gentlemanlike, inviolable, inviolate, unviolated, unbroken, unbetrayed, unbought, unbribed, innocent, pure, stainless, unstained, untarnished, unsullied, untainted, unperjured, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, undepraved, undebauched, integer vitae scelerisque purus, justus et tenax propositi, chivalrous, jealous of honor, sans peur et sans reproche, high-spirited, supramundane, unworldly, other-worldly, overscrupulous, honorable, bona fide, on the square, in good faith, honor bright, foro conscientiae, with clean hands, a face untaught to feign, bene qui latuit bene vixit, mens sibi conscia recti, probitas laudatur et alget, fidelis ad urnam, his heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth, loyaute m'oblige, loyaute n'a honte, what stronger breastplate than a heart untainted?.