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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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Turpitude
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| assign or remove, usually to an inferior position |
| damaging or derogatory remark |
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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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