TURPITUDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does turpitude mean? 

• TURPITUDE (noun)
  The noun TURPITUDE has 1 sense:

1. a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice

  Familiarity information: TURPITUDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TURPITUDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

depravity; turpitude

Context example:

the various turpitudes of modern society

Hypernyms ("turpitude" is a kind of...):

evildoing; transgression (the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle)

 Context examples 

As for the moral turpitude that man unveiled to me, even with tears of penitence, I cannot, even in memory, dwell on it without a start of horror.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)