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[ im-pahy-i-tee ] / ɪmˈpaɪ ɪ ti / SEE SYNONYMS FOR impiety ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural im·pi·e·ties.lack of piety; lack of reverence for God or sacred things; irreverence. lack of dutifulness or respect. an impious act, practice, etc. Origin of impiety1300–50; Middle English impietie<Latin impietās, equivalent to impi(us) impious + -etās, variant, after vowels, of -itās-ity Words nearby impietyimpetus, impf., imp. gal., Imphal, impi, impiety, impinge, impingement, impingement attack, impingement syndrome, impious Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for impietyP.S. Bertrand Russell uses the word “impiety” in relation to luniks and further attempts and he is right. Leonard Bernstein Asked About Hemingway, So Martha Gellhorn Set the Record Straight|Leonard Bernstein, Martha Gellhorn|October 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST Already Galileo began to encounter vulgar indignation which accused him of impiety. Gospel Philosophy|J. H. Ward The Stoics rebuke the impiety which is blended with sensualism, and place their hopes on virtue. Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord Is there no redemption for us Gentiles in these ends of the earth, and is our hope presumption and impiety? The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus|American Anti-Slavery Society
He was not wicked, far from it; but he could not quit the habits of impiety, debauchery, and deceit into which Dubois had led him. The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete|Duc de Saint-Simon God had mercy on me and held me back in spite of my impiety, or I should have become a monster of iniquity. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again|Joseph Barker
British Dictionary definitions for impiety
noun plural -tieslack of reverence or proper respect for a god any lack of proper respect an impious act Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to impietyblasphemy, profanity, irreverence, heresy, godlessness, iniquity, sacrilege, wrong, injustice, error, sin |