'Impiety' definitions:
Definition of 'impiety'
(from WordNet)
noun
Unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god [syn: impiety, impiousness] [ant: piety, piousness]
Definition of 'Impiety'
From: GCIDE
- Impiety \Im*pi"e*ty\ ([i^]m*p[imac]"[-e]*t[y^]), n.; pl. Impieties ([i^]m*p[imac]"[-e]*t[i^]z). [L. impietas, fr. impius impious; cf. F. impi['e]t['e]. See Impious, Piety.]
- 1. The quality of being impious; lack of piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An impious act; an act of wickedness. [1913 Webster]
- Those impieties for the which they are now visited. --Shak.
- Syn: Ungodliness; irreligion; unrighteousness; sinfulness; profaneness; wickedness; godlessness. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'impiety'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- blasphemousness,
- blasphemy,
- desecration,
- godlessness,
- irreligion,
- profanation,
- profaneness,
- profanity,
- sacrilege,
- sacrilegiousness,
- sinfulness,
- un-Christliness,
- unangelicalness,
- unchristianliness,
- ungodliness,
- unholiness,
- unrighteousness,
- unsaintliness,
- wickedness