Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being reprehensible.
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- noun The property of being
reprehensible .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun being reprehensible; worthy of and deserving reprehension or reproof
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Examples
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Its main problem is and and has always been its moral reprehensibility, which is practically infinite. jhNY: If I remember correctly, Albert Speer, thorugh prodigious use of
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Mr. Gwire notes that presenting the punitive damages case to 12 new jurors was an unusual legal situation and required much of the original case to be re-presented because "reprehensibility" is a major factor in determining the amount of punitive damages.
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"reprehensibility" now has constitutional overtones - especially as to the amount of punitive damages that a jury can award.
Drug and Device Law 2009
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It is grounded in the objective policy goal of deterring harm against actual children, not the reprehensibility of the speech as it is.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Jonathan Rauch on David Frum on the Conservative Movement 2010
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Approximate actual damages when there was a plausible fair use or other defense. 2-3x actual damages/profits when reclkless or intentional or some other reprehensibility. 10x if highly willful.
Archive 2009-09-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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Approximate actual damages when there was a plausible fair use or other defense. 2-3x actual damages/profits when reclkless or intentional or some other reprehensibility. 10x if highly willful.
TPRC 2009: Copyright, DMCA and IPRs Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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According to the court, a key factor in upholding the large judgment "is the degree of reprehensibility of the defendant's conduct."
District homeowners should beware of foreclosure rescue scams Benny L. Kass 2010
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This had prompted a backlash coalition, ranging from those Dutch uncles aghast at his moral reprehensibility; through those amateur psychologists gauging that he had just too many character flaws to be depended upon for the pressures of high office; down to the pragmatists who merely doubted his abilities at summits and treaties, given the lack of tact and diplomacy witnessed during the campaign.
Confessional Marc Nash 2010
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After it rid the world of leaping lawnmowers and exploding frying pans, it turned its sights on the also-rans of corporate reprehensibility.
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After it rid the world of leaping lawnmowers and exploding frying pans, it turned its sights on the also-rans of corporate reprehensibility.
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