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Meanings of turpitude in English

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depravació

A corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice.

depravació
Usage of turpitude in English
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His will was not stronger than the general turpitude of his nature.
The Seats of the Mighty, Volume 3
2
Superficial social reformers make poverty responsible for the total turpitude of men.
A Hero and Some Other Folks
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The cities were berated as hubs of moral turpitude, decadence and greed.
The Belgian Curtain: Europe after Communism
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It's a piece of moral turpitude-aninsult to common sense-andinfamously odd-
Poems
5
Argue with these gross self-satisfied fellows about the turpitude of the artisans!
Clayhanger
6
Or, if you believe in Edward's moral turpitude, bog water in a colander.
The Guardian
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One step downward in the path of moral turpitude ever leads to another.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
8
The conventional turpitude of the offence wholly depended on the provocation.
The History of Tasmania, Volume I
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The disappointment itself was great, but the turpitude that attended it much greater.
Anna St. Ives
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He had always held that tampering with the mails evinced the blackest turpitude.
A Beautiful Possibility
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And cut out the immoral gestures, no one's stopping this parade for turpitude.
A singular man
12
How do you feel toward that spiritual fraud, turpitude and perfidy?
New Tabernacle Sermons
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I will not soil my mind by letting it dwell upon such turpitude!
File No. 113
14
Oh, how can we reveal the whole duplicity and turpitude of Ananias Pullwool?
Stories by American Authors (Volume 4)
15
We print (with shame and the consciousness of turpitude) the following letter:-
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, September 19, 1917
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The scorn that intolerant youth has for moral turpitude rang in her clear voice.
The Big-Town Round-Up
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