noun
1. destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
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corruption of a minor
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the big city's subversion of rural innocence
• Syn: ↑corruption
• Derivationally related forms: ↑subvert, ↑corrupt (for: ↑corruption)
• Hypernyms: ↑degradation, ↑debasement
2. the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government
• Syn: ↑subversive activity
• Derivationally related forms: ↑subvert
• Hypernyms: ↑overthrow
Useful english dictionary. 2012.