'Turpitude' definitions:
Definition of 'turpitude'
(from WordNet)
noun
A corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice; "the various turpitudes of modern society" [syn: depravity, turpitude]
Definition of 'Turpitude'
From: GCIDE
- 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
Synonyms of 'turpitude'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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