Synonyms: depravity, turpitude
Definition: a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice
Usage: the various turpitudes of modern society
Similar words: transgression, evildoing
Definition: the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
Usage: the boy was punished for the transgressions of his father
Synonyms: putrefaction, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, corruption
Definition: moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
Usage: the luxury and corruption among the upper classes; moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration; its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity; Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction
Similar words: immorality
Definition: the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct
Usage: the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction