Word Finder - perverting

definition

To turn another way; to divert.

synonyms

• divert
• steer
• veer

definition

To corrupt; to cause to be untrue; corrupted or otherwise impure

example

How could stopping someone from killing himself or herself "pervert the course of justice"?

synonyms

• corrupt
• lead astray

definition

To misapply, misuse, use for a nefarious purpose

example

He has perverted his talents to dishonest gain.

synonyms

• misapply
• misuse

definition

To misinterpret designedly.

example

pervert one's words

synonyms

• twist

definition

To become perverted; to take the wrong course.

Occam reproaches the " modern Platonists " for perverting the Aristotelian doctrine by these speculations, and claims the authority of Aristotle for his own Nominalistic doctrine.

When the tumult of the Rawendis took place he saw clearly that his personal safety was not assured in Hashimiya,' where a riot of the populace could be very dangerous, and his troops were continually exposed to the perverting influence of the fickle and disloyal citizens of Kufa.

Although, then, he felt that these practices were really corrupt, and even rejoiced that his own fall would tend to purify the courts from them, 2 he did not feel that he was guilty of perverting justice for the sake of reward.

Before the new deputies could take their seats the directors forced through the councils the law of the 22nd Floreal (May II), annulling or perverting the elections in thirty departments and excluding forty-eight deputies by name.

This work Chillingworth engaged to answer, and Knott, hearing of his intention and hoping to bias the public mind, hastily brought out a pamphlet tending to show that Chillingworth was a Socinian who aimed at perverting not only Catholicism but Christianity.