Uncorruption

[UN-¹ 12 and 5 b.] Absence of corruption; uncorrupt character or condition.

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1382. Wyclif, Rom. ii. 7. Glorie, and honour, and vncoripcioun, to hem sekynge euerelasting lyf.

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a. 1420. Wycliffite Bible, Wisd. vi. 19, marg. That is, of goostly vncorrupcioun, bi eschewing of synne.

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1526. Tindale, Titus ii. 7. Shew vncorrupcion, honestie, and the wholsome worde which cannot be rebuked.

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1542. Udall, Erasm. Apoph., 74 b. Onely in the children remained the aunciente integritee & uncorrupcion.

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1802–12. Bentham, Ration. Judic. Evid. (1827), IV. 56. That perfect purity and uncorruption which has so long been regarded as a characteristic … of an English judge. Ibid. (1824), Bk. Fallacies, IV. vii. 284.

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