Impiety
impiety (impiety),n.; pl. Impieties (-
tiz). (L. impietas, fr. impius impious; cf. F.
impiete. 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
wickedness.
Those impieties for the which they are now
visited. Shak.
Syn. -- Ungodliness; irreligion; unrighteousness;
sinfulness; profaneness; wickedness; godlessness.
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