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.
A customary action, habit, or behaviour; a manner or routine.
The ongoing pursuit of a craft or profession, particularly in medicine or the fine arts.
Actual operation or experiment, in contrast to theory.
A place where a professional service is provided, such as a general practice.
The observance of religious duties that a church requires of its members.
An organized event for the purpose of performing such repetition.
The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts.
Skilful or artful management; dexterity in contrivance or the use of means; stratagem; artifice.
Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
A easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.