turpitude

tur·pi·tude  (tûrp-td, -tyd)

n.

1. Depravity; baseness.

2. A base act.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin turpitd, from turpis, shameful.]

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turpitude

Noun

Formal depravity or wickedness: newspapers owned by proprietors whose moral turpitude far exceeded anything chronicled in their pages [Latin turpitudo ugliness]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

turpitude - a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice; "the various turpitudes of modern society" depravity evildoing, transgression - the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle; "the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father"