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Turpitude
Turpitude meaning
Inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness. | An act evident of such depravity.
Synonyms of Turpitude
Example sentences (6)
On the contrary, we would deplore the moral turpitude of inaction.
Admittedly there are times when recall is necessary — when an elected official displays extreme moral turpitude or is caught with a hand in the cookie jar, for example.
Article 20 of the Tenure Statute provides that a mayor would be automatically suspended if convicted with “moral turpitude” until the verdict becomes final.
Of course, any similar protests by Zionists are not to be investigated, only those that would attempt to blaspheme against their demonstrative examples of moral turpitude.
The order stated that the ASP indulged in moral turpitude by her ‘improper and indecorous behaviour’.
In the late tractate 2.3, "Are the stars causes?", Plotinus makes the argument that specific stars influencing one's fortune (a common Hellenistic theme) attributes irrationality to a perfect universe, and invites moral turpitude.