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Answer for the clue "The incapability of being corrupted ", 16 letters:
incorruptibility

Word definitions for incorruptibility in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incorruptibility \In`cor*rupt`i*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. incorruptibilitas: cf. F. incorruptibilit['e].] The quality of being incorruptible; incapability of corruption. --Holland.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from Late Latin incorruptibilitas , from incorruptibilis (see incorruptible ).

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Incorruptibility is a Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox belief that divine intervention allows some human bodies (specifically saints and beati ) to avoid the normal process of decomposition after death as a sign of their holiness. Bodies that undergo ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the incapability of being corrupted [ant: corruptibility ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The condition of being incorruptible; honesty. 2 The condition of never decaying or decomposing, ascribed to the bodies of holy people in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

Usage examples of incorruptibility.

The happy couple had composed their own vows, she declaring from memory in a clear voice rich with emotion her ardent fidelity to this stranger from the east, strange no more, an uncommon man deserving of greater happiness than she could provide, but nonetheless assured of finding in her company, as long as she was capable of drawing a breath, house advantage, sound money management, and all the love he would ever need -- comped -- while he, reading in halting rhythms from the scribbled sheet of hotel stationary in his quivering hand, pledged his strength to a fierce defense of their continued bliss, promised to honor the snowflake-special particularity that was Kara, to cherish the utter incorruptibility of her butterfly soul.

The happy couple had composed their own vows, she declaring from memory in a clear voice rich with emotion her ardent fidelity to this stranger from the east, strange no more, an uncommon man deserving of greater happiness than she could provide, but nonetheless assured of finding in her company, as long as she was capable of drawing a breath, house advantage, sound money management, and all the love he would ever need -- comped -- while he, reading in halting rhythms from the scribbled sheet of hotel stationary in his quivering hand, pledged his strength to a fierce defense of their continued bliss, promised to honor the snowflake-special particularity that was Kara, to cherish the utter incorruptibility of her butterfly soul.