Meanings
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noun
The gradual destruction or undermining of something.
The corrosion of values.
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Derived forms
anticorrosionbiocorrosioncorrosionalcorrosionproofmicrocorrosionphotocorrosiontribocorrosion
Related forms
corrosible
Etymology
From Middle English corrosioun, from Old French corrosion, or its source, Late Latin corrōsiōnem, accusative singular of corrōsiō (“gnawing away, corroding”), from Latin corrōdō (“gnaw away, corrode”).