impietyn.
/ɪmˈpʌɪɪti/ Want of piety; that which is the opposite of piety.
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a. Want of reverence for God or religion; irreligion; ungodliness; unrighteousness, wickedness.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > impiety > [noun]
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undevotionc1340
unpiteousnessa1382
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unkindnessa1400
undevoutnessc1450
indevotion1526
ungodliness1526
unpiety?1540
godlessness1553
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impiousness1599
afgodness1658
indevoutness1842
unblessedness1881
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxxii. 6 Hilde þai er in wickidnes, & in þaire impite..All bewrapped in wickedness against ther neightbour, & in impietie against god.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cc The mother of this pernicious commocion, was vncharitie, or very impietie.
1600 J. Pory tr. J. Leo Africanus Geogr. Hist. Afr. ii. 389 The impietie of Arrius and other heretikes.
1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xiii. 387 The titles of the Divinity were usurped by Diocletian and Maximian.. Such extravagant compliments, however, soon lose their impiety by losing their meaning.
1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 155 The impiety of those who deny the existence of the Gods.
b. With an and plural. An instance of this; an impious, irreligious, or ungodly action, practice, etc.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > impiety > [noun] > instance of
unkindnessa1400
impiety?1529
?1529 S. Fish Supplicacyon for Beggers sig. A6v So long shall it seme to euery man to be a greate ympiete not to gyue theim.
1611 Bible (King James) 2 Esdras iii. 29 When I came thither, and had seene impieties without number. View more context for this quotation
1743 J. Morris Serm. vii. 197 He..did not immediately chastise for their impieties.
1897 ‘P. Warung’ Tales Old Regime 240 Each swore by the most impious of impieties that..he would be its enemy.
2. Absence of natural piety, as of child to parent; want of dutifulness; hence, want of reverence or respect in general.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > irreverence > [noun]
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unreverency1555
unreverentness?1577
awelessness1583
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irreverentialisma1859
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > undutifulness > [noun] > to parents
impiety1594
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > [noun]
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unduty1594
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 352 Titus. Burie him where you can he comes not here. Marcus. My Lord this is impietie [1623 impiety] in you, My Nephew Mutius deedes doo plead for him. View more context for this quotation
1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 34 It were impiety to believe this of all, since experience shews us the contrary.
1729 W. Law Serious Call xxi. 432 Can you think it a less impiety to contemn and vilify a brother?
1895 Daily News 2 Nov. 6/1 All this trivial chatter about the mere externals of De Quincey's life..leaves upon our mind a disagreeable impression. It is impiety..in its antique meaning.
1899 N.E.D. at Impiety Mod. A gross instance of filial impiety.
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