turpitude
/TUR-pih-tood/noundepraved or wicked behavior or character
“The clause allows dismissal for moral turpitude.”
- Synonyms
- depravity, baseness, vileness
- Antonyms
- virtue, probity
- Memory hook
- turpis (shameful): shame in legal dress.
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