impiety
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9.9
- noun
- /ɪmˈpaɪ.ə.ti/
- Formal
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impiedad
- Whatever principles are set before you, stand fast by these like laws, feeling that it would be impiety for you to transgress them.
Ah, yes, piety is what the gods love, and impiety is what the gods hate.
- Ah, yes, piety is what the gods love, and impiety is what the gods hate.
- And he was brought to court under charges of impiety and corrupting the youth.
- And he's brought up on charges of impiety.
- Like you can imagine Socrates has just been executed for Asivia, for impiety.
Examples
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For example, sickness may be seen as a result of filial impiety and thus punishment from ancestors.
Academic text (1999) -
You can believe in your witchcraft and your impiety all you want.
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My lord, this is impiety in you.
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And he was brought to court under charges of impiety and corrupting the youth.
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- Then I beg God's pardon for my impiety.
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At a minimum, we would think the charge of impiety suggests disrespect of the gods.
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They accuse me of impiety.
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See, then, into what great impiety that lawless one has proceeded by teaching adultery and murder at the same time!
Blog text (1) -
No matter how hotly Job denies and protests, what greater proof of Job's impiety can there be than his deadly ordeal?
Academic text (1998) -
The villagers worried that their impiety would bring misfortune upon them.
Synonyms
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8.9
A lack of religious goodness or sacred quality
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8.3
A lack of belief in God or religion
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8.9
Lack of respect for God or religion, often shown in bad behavior
Not showing respect for a god or religion
Lack of respect for things people consider holy
Antonyms
How Impious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Impiety comes from the parts im- meaning 'not' and piety meaning 'religious duty' or 'respect for God'. Think of pious, which has the same root; impiety is simply 'not being pious', so it means a lack of respect for God or sacred things.