turpitude
Deep ethical rot
Turpitude is the state of being vile and depraved.
It is a formal or literary word.
The phrase moral turpitude, even though it is somewhat redundant, is present in more than half the instances of turpitude in modern usage: He was barred from the profession because of a crime involving moral turpitude.
Quality of being wicked
- sinfulnessMoral depravity condition
- degeneracyMoral or physical decline
- basenessMoral worthlessness
- perversionCorruption or deviant distortion
licentiousness · profligacy · debauchery · decadence · dissipation · lewdness · lasciviousness · sordidness
Painful awareness of failure
- ignominyState of dishonor
- dishonorLoss of respect
- disreputeDamaged public standing
- infamyExtreme public disgrace
stigma · humiliation · degradation · discredit · reproach · odium · contempt · notoriety
Profound moral wickedness
- malevolenceActive ill will
- nefariousnessExtreme moral corruption
- villainyCriminal or evil behavior
- iniquityMoral wrongdoing, grave injustice
heinousness · malice · viciousness · wrongdoing · diabolical · fiendishness · misdeed · reprobate
Intense distaste or disgust
- loathsomenessQuality inspiring strong disgust
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
- disgustIntense physical aversion
- foulnessOffensive, corrupt quality
odiousness · contemptibility · abomination · repulsiveness · detestation · nauseousness · squalor · vileness
Corrupt payment for influence
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- graftIllicit political gain
- extortionObtaining through threats
- kickbackIllegal payment for services
fraud · malfeasance · racketeering · profiteering · venality · cronyism · nepotism · misconduct
immorality
Quality of being wicked
- sinfulnessMoral depravity condition
- degeneracyMoral or physical decline
- basenessMoral worthlessness
perversion · licentiousness · profligacy · debauchery · decadence · dissipation · lewdness · lasciviousness · sordidness · shamelessness
shame
Painful awareness of failure
infamy · stigma · humiliation · degradation · discredit · reproach · odium · contempt · notoriety · opprobrium
evil
Profound moral wickedness
- malevolenceActive ill will
- nefariousnessExtreme moral corruption
- villainyCriminal or evil behavior
iniquity · heinousness · malice · viciousness · wrongdoing · diabolical · fiendishness · misdeed · reprobate · monstrousness
repugnance
Intense distaste or disgust
- loathsomenessQuality inspiring strong disgust
- abhorrenceExtreme hatred or disgust
- disgustIntense physical aversion
foulness · odiousness · contemptibility · abomination · repulsiveness · detestation · nauseousness · squalor · vileness · offensiveness
bribery
Corrupt payment for influence
- embezzlementFraudulent taking of entrusted assets
- graftIllicit political gain
- extortionObtaining through threats
kickback · fraud · malfeasance · racketeering · profiteering · venality · cronyism · nepotism · misconduct · dishonesty
- scandalscandal, infamy, disgrace, coverup, cover-up
- deviancedeviance, perversion, perversity, aberration, abnormality
- moral statesmorality, immorality, virtue, vice, righteousness
- sinsgreed, lust, gluttony, deadly sin, sloth
- vicevice, debauchery, prostitution, depravity, immorality
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, bribery, bribes
turpitudevirtue
Moral goodness or merit
righteousness · morality · goodness · rectitude · moral excellence
- moral turpitudeInherently vile conduct