turpitude
vile, shameful, or base character; depravity.
a vile or depraved act.
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How to use turpitude in a sentence
Israel is that alcoholic, addicted to a habit that will lead to demographic suicide and moral turpitude.
Once Again, the Anti-Defamation League Defames | Jay Michaelson | October 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThat anyone can call Adnan a hero for any reason is only a sign of the moral turpitude of our time.
Palestinian Hunger Striker Khader Adnan Is No Hero | David Keyes | February 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTNowhere was any well-defined doctrine that moral turpitude was judged and punished in the next-world.
The Myths of the New World | Daniel G. BrintonHe 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.
Thoughts on the Present Discontents | Edmund Burke
May Urd's protection hold thee on every side, where thou seest turpitude.
The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson | Saemund Sigfusson and Snorre SturlesonUpon their three heads should descend the full weight of criminal turpitude involved in this most unnatural execution.
The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt | David Miller DeWitt
British Dictionary definitions for turpitude
/ (ˈtɜːpɪˌtjuːd) /
base character or action; depravity
Origin of turpitude
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