n. Lack of probity; dishonesty. [Middle English improbite, shameless persistence, from Old French, dishonesty, from Latin improbitās, from improbus, dishonest : in-, not; see IN-1 + probus, honest, good; see per1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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