turpitude

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

turpitude
    n 1: a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice; "the
         various turpitudes of modern society" [syn: {depravity},
         {turpitude}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Turpitude \Tur"pi*tude\, n. [L. turpitudo, from turpis foul,
   base.]
   Inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or
   actions; shameful wickedness; depravity. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster] Turquoise

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

TURPITUDE. Everything done contrary to justice, honesty, modesty or good 
morals, is said to be done with turpitude.

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

36 Moby Thesaurus words for "turpitude":
      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