Corruption and Good

Opposite meaning words

Corruption noun - Immoral conduct or practices harmful or offensive to society.

Usage example: Socrates was put to death because the ancient Athenians believed he was spreading corruption to their youth

Show all Definitions

Good is an antonym for corruption in baseness topic.

Good noun - Something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing.

Show all Definitions

Corruption is an antonym for good in virtue topic.

Nearby Words: goodness, goodly, goody

pure	pure corruption	pure good
common	common corruption	common good
complete	complete corruption	complete good
actual	actual corruption	actual good
Other adjectives: evil, little, bad, absolute, social, general, last, local.

However, this is not a good thing, as it only delays Samus's rate of corruption, which is now just on the verge of overpowering her.

Source: Video Game / Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
And while there is some corruption in the show's version of the FBI, most of the main authority figures of the bureau are essentially good.

Source: CIA Evil, FBI Good
Some of the main characters in The Lord of the Rings: the Fellowship of the Ring are Lawful Good: Aragorn and even Boromir before the corruption of the Ring gets on him.

Source: Lawful Good

Cite this Source

Good and Corruption. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/corruption/good

Corruption & Good. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/corruption/good>.

Good or Corruption. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/corruption/good.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "corruption" and "good" have occurred on timeline