Corruption vs. Corruptness — What's the Difference?

Corruption, as it is defined by the World Bank, is a form of dishonesty or a criminal offense which is undertaken by a person or an organization which is entrusted with a position of authority, in order to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's private gain. Corruption may involve many activities which include bribery and embezzlement, and it may also involve practices which are legal in many countries.

Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved.

The act or process of corrupting.

Venal or dishonest

The state of being corrupt.

Containing errors or alterations, especially ones that prevent proper understanding or use

Decay; rot.

(Archaic) Tainted; putrid.

The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity

To ruin morally; pervert

The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.

To destroy or subvert the honesty or integrity of, as by offering bribes

The product of corruption; putrid matter.

To cause to become rotten; spoil

The decomposition of biological matter.

(Archaic) To render impure; contaminate.

Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, and so on.

To alter from original or proper form

(computing) 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.

(Computers) To damage (data) in a file or on a disk.

The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct.

To become corrupt.

(usage prescription) 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 state of being corrupt.

Something originally good or pure that has turned evil or impure; a perversion.

The quality of being corrupt.

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 state of being corrupt

The product of corruption; putrid matter.

Lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

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.

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.

Lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

In a state of progressive putrefaction

Decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)

Moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles;

Destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity;

Inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by commiting a felony);