What does "turpitude" mean?

Inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness.

What is a synonym for "turpitude"?

Common synonyms include: depravity, abandon, abandonment, abjection, atrocity, baseness.

Pronounced //ˈtɜɹpətuːd//.

/ˈtɜɹpətuːd/ noun

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Noun

1
Inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness. countable, uncountable
"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."
2
a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice wordnet
3
An act evident of such depravity. countable, uncountable

"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."

Borrowed from Middle French turpitude, from Latin turpitūdō (“baseness, infamy”), from turpis (“foul, base”).