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[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.