debased
adjective
lowered in quality, character, or value.
undebased
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a word derived from
debased.
Example Sentences
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In the visage of man, uncorrupted and undebased, we read the frankness and ingenuousness of his soul, the clearness of his reflections, the penetration of his spirit.
From Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author by William Godwin
A Moment's Halt—Pray see this charming, chaste Ladies' Home Journal—"On the New Shirt Waist"— "Advice to Girls," and so forth—here is reach'd The Nothing women yearn for, undebased!
From The Rubaiyat of Omar Cayenne by Gelett Burgess
But thy free bounty, undebased by pride, Prompt to anticipate the meek request, Unask'd the wants of modest Worth supplied, And spared the pang that shook the suppliant's breast.
From Poems (1828) by Thomas Gent
Forgive me, adored one!—forsake, if thou wilt;— But the heart which is thine shall expire undebased, And man shall not break it—whatever thou mayst.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
Oh! thine be the gladness and mine be the guilt, Forgive me adored one—forsake if thou wilt, But the heart which I bear shall expire undebased, And man shall not break it—whatever thou mayest.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 373, Supplementary Number by Various
