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la bassesse

/ba.sɛs/ noun · feminine C2
  1. baseness, lowness, contemptibility
  2. something trivial
  3. quality of being of low, unnoble birth (derogatory)

Plural bassesses

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Albert sentit la rougeur lui monter au front ; il n'y avait plus de doute, Danglars se défendait avec la bassesse, mais avec l'assurance d'un homme qui dit, sinon toute la vérité, du moins une partie de la vérité, non point par conscience, il est vrai, mais par terreur.
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo, p. 885 · C1

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