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.
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