Hypertext Webster Gateway: "incorruptible"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Incorruptible \In"cor*rupt"i*ble\, a. [L. incorruptibilis: cf.
F. incorruptible. See {In-} not, and {Corrupt}.]
1. Not corruptible; incapable of corruption, decay, or
dissolution; as, gold is incorruptible.
Our bodies shall be changed into incorruptible and
immortal substances. --Wake.
2. Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly
just and upright.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Incorruptible \In"cor*rupt"i*ble\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Incorruptible \In"cor*rupt"i*ble\, n.
The quality or state of being incorruptible. --Boyle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
incorruptible
adj : incapable of being morally corrupted; "incorruptible judges
are the backbone of the society"
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