The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
The product of corruption; putrid matter.
Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, and so on.
The decomposition of biological matter.
The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct.
The destruction of data by manipulation of parts of it, either by deliberate or accidental human action or by imperfections in storage or transmission media.
A nonstandard form of a word, expression, or text, assigned a value judgment as being debased, especially when resulting from misunderstanding, transcription error, or mishearing.
The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity
Something originally good or pure that has turned evil or impure; a perversion.
Increase; growth; progress; advance.
The act of improving; advancement or growth; a bettering
Something which is improved
Valuable additions or betterments, for example buildings, clearings, drains, fences, etc., on premises.
A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition.
The state of being improved; betterment; advance
The act of making profitable use or application of anything, or the state of being profitably employed; practical application, for example of a doctrine, principle, or theory, stated in a discourse.