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.
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