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Incorruption definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INCORRUP'TION, n. [in and corruption.] Incapacity of being corrupted.
It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. 1 Corinthians 15.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: characterized by integrity or probity [syn: incorruptness, incorruption] [ant: corruption, corruptness]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century archaic the quality or state of being free from physical decay

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Incorruption In"cor*rup"tion, 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. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. --1 Cor. xv. 42. The same preservation, or, rather, incorruption, we have observed in the flesh of turkeys, capons, etc. --Sir T. Browne.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

in-ko-rup'-shun (aphtharsia): Occurs in 1Co 15:42,50,53,54, of the resurrection body, and is twice used in the Revised Version (British and American) for the King James Version "immortality" (Ro 2:7; 2Ti 1:10 margin).

See IMMORTALITY.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. See incorruptibility, 1.