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Impiety - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Impiety : (noun)
1: unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god [syn:
impiousness] [ant: piety]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Impiety : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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