Impiety meaning

ĭm-pī'ĭ-tē
The quality or state of being impious.
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An impious act.
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Undutifulness.
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A lack of piety.
  • Lack of reverence for God.
  • Lack of respect or dutifulness, as toward a parent.
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An impious act or remark.
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(uncountable) The state of being impious.
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(countable) An impious act.
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(uncountable) The lack of respect for a god or something sacred.
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Origin of impiety

From Old French impieté, from Latin impietas

Sentence Examples

  • At the end he professed abject repentance for his impiety and disloyalty.

  • Charges of impiety and body-snatching laid by these men in connexion with his anatomical studies caused the favour of the pope to be for a time withdrawn.

  • He was accused of impiety on the absurd charge of deifying the tyrant Hermias; and,.

  • The Hebrew name for Orion also means "fool," in reference perhaps to a mythological story of a "foolhardy, heaven-daring rebel who was chained to the sky for his impiety" (Driver).

  • In the Odyssey it is said that the gods disclosed the impiety.

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