turpitude

turpitude

noun

Definition of TURPITUDE

a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior <pictorial advertisements for chic clothing and fragrances in which drug addiction and other forms of moral turpitude are depicted as alternative fashion statements>

Synonyms abjection, corruptness, debasement, debauchery, decadence, decadency, degeneracy, degenerateness, degeneration, degradation, demoralization, depravity, dissipatedness, dissipation, dissoluteness, libertinage, libertinism, perversion, pervertedness, rakishness, turpitude

Related Words evil, immorality, sinfulness, villainy, wickedness; filth, gangrene, rot, squalor

Near Antonyms goodness, morality, righteousness, virtue