n. [ L. abruptio, fr. abrumpere: cf. F. abruption. ] A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. corruption, L. corruptio. ] 1. The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration. [ 1913 Webster ]

The inducing and accelerating of putrefaction is a subject of very universal inquiry; for corruption is a reciprocal to “generation”. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The product of corruption; putrid matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was necessary, by exposing the gross corruptions of monasteries, . . . to exite popular indignation against them. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

They abstained from some of the worst methods of corruption usual to their party in its earlier days. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Corruption, when applied to officers, trustees, etc., signifies the inducing a violation of duty by means of pecuniary considerations. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a corruption of style; corruption in language. [ 1913 Webster ]

Corruption of blood (Law), taint or impurity of blood, in consequence of an act of attainder of treason or felony, by which a person is disabled from inheriting any estate or from transmitting it to others. [ 1913 Webster ]

Corruption of blood can be removed only by act of Parliament. Blackstone.

Syn. -- Putrescence; putrefaction; defilement; contamination; deprivation; debasement; adulteration; depravity; taint. See Depravity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption. Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. diruptio, fr. dirumpere. See Disrupt, a. ] Disruption. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. disruptio, diruptio. ] The act or rending asunder, or the state of being rent asunder or broken in pieces; breach; rent; dilaceration; rupture; as, the disruption of rocks in an earthquake; disruption of a state. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. eruptio, fr. erumpere, eruptum, to break out; e out + rumpere, to break: cf. F. éruption. See Rupture. ] 1. The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano or a fissure in the earth's crust. (b) A sudden and overwhelming hostile movement of armed men from one country to another. Milton. (c) A violent commotion. [ 1913 Webster ]

All Paris was quiet . . . to gather fresh strength for the next day's eruption. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which bursts forth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A violent exclamation; ejaculation. [ 1913 Webster ]

He would . . . break out into bitter and passionate eruditions. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Med.) The breaking out of pimples, or an efflorescence, as in measles, scarlatina, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Eruptive. [ R. ] R. A. Proctor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. incorruptio: cf. F. incorruption. See In- not, and Corruption. ] The condition or quality of being incorrupt or incorruptible; absence of, or exemption from, corruption. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. 1 Cor. xv. 42. [ 1913 Webster ]

The same preservation, or, rather, incorruption, we have observed in the flesh of turkeys, capons, etc. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. interruptio: cf. F. interruption. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of interrupting, or breaking in upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest the interruption of time cause you to lose the idea of one part. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Temporary cessation; intermission; suspension. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. irruptio: cf. F. irruption. See Irrupted. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A bursting in; a sudden, violent rushing into a place; as, irruptions of the sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest evil tidings, with too rude irruption
Hitting thy aged ear, should pierce too deep. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sudden and violent inroad, or entrance of invaders; as, the irruptions of the Goths into Italy. Addison.

Syn. -- Invasion; incursion; inroad. See Invasion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. proruptio, fr. prorumpere, proruptum, to break forth; pro forth + rumpere to break. ] The act or state of bursting forth; a bursting out. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ruptio, fr. rumpere, ruptum, to break. ] A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture. “By ruption or apertion.” Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Incorruption. [ 1913 Webster ]