uncorrupted

adjective

un·​corrupted

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1

: not subjected to corruption : not decomposed

2

: free from moral corruption : not debased or made corrupt

though his associates were dishonest, he remained uncorrupted

uncorrupted values

uncorruptedly adverb

uncorruptedness noun

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from un- entry 1 + corrupted, past participle of corrupten to corrupt

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