Meaning of IMPIETY
| Pronunciation: | | im'pIitee
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| | Definition: | | [n] unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god |
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| | Synonyms: | | impiousness |
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| | Antonyms: | | piety, piousness | | |
| | See Also: | | godlessness, irreligion, irreligiousness, undutifulness, ungodliness, unrighteousness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Im*pi"e*ty\, n.; pl. {Impieties}. [L. impietas, fr.
impius impious; cf. F. impi['e]t['e]. See {Impious},
{Piety}.]
1. The quality of being impious; want of piety; irreverence
toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness.
2. An impious act; an act of wickednes.
Those impieties for the which they are now visited.
--Shak.
Syn: Ungodliness; irreligion; unrighteousness; sinfulness;
profaneness; wickedness; godlessness.
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| | Related Terms: | | blasphemousness, blasphemy, desecration, godlessness, irreligion, profanation, profaneness, profanity, sacrilege, sacrilegiousness, sinfulness, unangelicalness, unchristianliness, un-Christliness, ungodliness, unholiness, unrighteousness, unsaintliness, wickedness |
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