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Noun: subversion  sub'vur-zhun
  1. The act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government
    "The group was accused of engaging in subversion against the state";
    - subversive activity
     
  2. Destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
    "the big city's subversion of rural innocence";
    - corruption
Noun: subversion[2]  'súb,vur-shun
  1. (mainly computing) a minor revision that is not deemed a major new version, and hence not given a new major version number
    "They released subversion 2.3 with bug fixes and minor improvements"

Derived forms: subversions

Type of: debasement, degradation, overthrow

Encyclopedia: Subversion