Dictionary Definition
turpitude n : a corrupt or depraved or degenerate
act or practice; "the various turpitudes of modern society" [syn:
depravity]
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Translations
- Bosnian: niskost,
- French: turpitude
Extensive Definition
wikt turpitude Turpitude, meaning
baseness or depravity, can refer specifically to:
- Moral turpitude, a legal concept in the United States
- Gnostical turpitude, the crime of the protagonist in Vladimir Nabokov's Invitation to a Beheading
Turpitude Design is also the name of a game
design firm started by notable game designer Stieg
Hedlund.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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