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Turpitude

//ˈtɜɹpətuːd// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness. countable, uncountable

    "As for the moral turpitude that man unveiled to me, even with tears of penitence, I cannot, even in memory, dwell on it without a start of horror."

  2. 2
    a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice wordnet
  3. 3
    An act evident of such depravity. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French turpitude, from Latin turpitūdō (“baseness, infamy”), from turpis (“foul, base”).

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