turpitude
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pɪˌtud, -ˌtyud noun
1.
vile, shameful, or base character; depravity.
2.
a vile or depraved act.
Synonyms
1. wickedness, vice, vileness, wrongdoing.
1. wickedness, vice, vileness, wrongdoing.
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| —n | |
| base character or action; depravity | |
| [C15: from Latin turpitūdō ugliness, from turpis base] | |
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Turpitude
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Word Origin & History
turpitude
"depravity, infamy," 1490, from M.Fr. turpitude (1417), from L. turpitudinem (nom. turpitudo) "baseness," from turpis "vile, ugly, base, shameful," used in both the moral and the physical senses; of unknown origin. Perhaps originally "what one turns away from" (cf. L. trepit "he turns").
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Example sentences
Also, a second crime involving moral turpitude that is expunged is still considered a conviction.
The coolness and reflection with which this act was managed and concerted, raises its enormity and blackens its turpitude.
In this context, degeneracy connotes a peculiar quantum mechanical state of matter, rather than a state of moral turpitude.
If there was turpitude in that twisted soul, it was well-concealed, hidden behind a wall of pranks and movie-star glamour.
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