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turpitude Definition


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turpitude
noun
    1. formal
      Vileness; depravity.
      Example: moral turpitude
      Thesaurus: baseness, vileness, degeneracy, foulness, corruptness, evil, rascality, vice, viciousness, iniquity, immorality; Antonym: honourableness.
Etymology: 15c: from Latin turpitudo.



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