Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
✨ Flawlessness 🕊️ Sinlessness
impeccability

impeccability

9.9
A state of having no moral faults or sins
  • noun
  • /ɪmˌpɛkəˈbɪlɪti/
  • Specialized
translation icon : inmaculabilidad
  • Many followers believe that achieving impeccability is essential for spiritual enlightenment.

Examples

  • Her impeccability in moral matters made her a trusted leader in the community.

  • Spiritual awakening brings with it the need for moral impeccability.

    Blog text (14)

  • Impeccability means that we must realize how precious life is, even though it is transient and ephemeral, and how each of our actions and words affect all beings around us in a most profound way.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The monk was revered for his impeccability, living a life free from sin and wrongdoing.

Synonyms

incorruptibility
vsimpeccability
  • Formal
1 9.1

Being honest and refusing bribes

is about being unable to sin and complete moral integrity in religion
pureness
vsimpeccability
1 4.0

Being morally good and not doing wrong

is about being unable to sin, often with religious emphasis
sinlessness
vsimpeccability
9.6

Being free from wrong and having an innocent heart

is about being unable to commit sin rather than merely being free from it
faultlessness
vsimpeccability
6.5

A state with no mistakes

is focused on moral inability to sin, often in religious contexts

Antonyms

immorality
23 6.3

Bad behavior that people see as wrong or evil

sinfulness
4 7.5

Being separated from God or doing what religion says is wrong

How Sinless

impeccability
  • Specialized
9.9
purity
  • Formal
34 3.9
righteousness
83 6.5
sinfulness
4 7.5

Surface Forms

impeccability singular
impeccabilities plural

Morphology

impeccability = impeccable (semi-transparent) = im + pecc + able + ity

The noun is a straightforward nominalization of 'impeccable' with '-ity'; the morphological process is regular and clear.

Etymology

Impeccability comes from the Latin parts im- ('not') and peccare ('to sin'), so it literally means 'not sinning'. That's why in religious or moral talk impeccability describes someone seen as 'incapable of sin' or perfectly 'without moral fault'.