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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice;
- Example: "the various turpitudes of modern society"
[syn: depravity, turpitude]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

turpitude n 1: a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice; "the various turpitudes of modern society" [syn: depravity, turpitude]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

TURPITUDE. Everything done contrary to justice, honesty, modesty or good morals, is said to be done with turpitude.