Turpitude \Tur"pi*tude\, n. [L. turpitudo, from turpis foul,
base.]
Inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or
actions; shameful wickedness; depravity. --Shak.
[1913 Webster] Turquoise
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
turpitude
n : a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice; "the
various turpitudes of modern society" [syn: depravity]
WordNet (r) 2.0
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "turpitude":
abandon, abandonment, abjection, baseness, chicanery,
corruptedness, corruption, corruptness, debasement, decadence,
decadency, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation,
demoralization, depravation, depravedness, depravity,
dissoluteness, knavery, knavishness, moral pollution,
moral turpitude, profligacy, rascality, rascalry, reprobacy,
roguery, roguishness, rottenness, scampishness, scoundrelism,
vileness, villainousness, villainy
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
TURPITUDE. Everything done contrary to justice, honesty, modesty or good
morals, is said to be done with turpitude.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
depravity
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