Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IM-PROB'I-TY
IM-PROB'I-TY, n. [L. improbitas; in and probitas, from probo, to approve.]
That which is disapproved or disallowed; want of integrity or rectitude of principle; dishonesty. A man of known improbity is always suspected, and usually despised.
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