Turpitude

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  turpitude
       n : a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice; "the
           various turpitudes of modern society" [syn: {depravity}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

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