Improbity

English
Part of Speech: Noun
Pronunciation (Katakana): インプロビティ

Definition

1. Lack of honesty or moral integrity; corruption, wickedness, or depravity.
   Used to describe a habitual or willful departure from upright conduct, especially in matters of trust or principle.

Etymology

"want of integrity," 1590s, from Latin improbitas "badness, dishonesty," from assimilated form of in- "not" (see in- (1)) + probitas "uprightness, honesty," from probus "worthy, good" (see prove).

Examples

• The councilman’s improbity became clear once the embezzlement records surfaced.

• In an age of political improbity, sincerity itself feels revolutionary.

• She spoke of the moral improbity that festers when truth is treated as negotiable.