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turpitude

[ tur-pi-tood, -tyood ]

noun

  1. vile, shameful, or base character; depravity.

    Synonyms: vileness, wrongdoing, vice, wickedness

  2. a vile or depraved act.


turpitude

/ ˈtɜːpɪˌtjuːd /

noun

  1. base character or action; depravity
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of turpitude1

1480–90; < Latin turpitūdō, equivalent to turpi ( s ) base, vile + -tūdō -tude
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Word History and Origins

Origin of turpitude1

C15: from Latin turpitūdō ugliness, from turpis base
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Example Sentences

Israel is that alcoholic, addicted to a habit that will lead to demographic suicide and moral turpitude.

That anyone can call Adnan a hero for any reason is only a sign of the moral turpitude of our time.

Nowhere was any well-defined doctrine that moral turpitude was judged and punished in the next-world.

He recognizes moral turpitude, at least to the extent of dreading exposure of his own backslidings.

Breaches of any of these kinds of civil relation were considered as acts of the most distinguished turpitude.

May Urd's protection hold thee on every side, where thou seest turpitude.

Upon their three heads should descend the full weight of criminal turpitude involved in this most unnatural execution.

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