impiety : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: impiety	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for impiety
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
impiety n unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god Synonym(s): impiety, impiousness Antonym(s): piety, piousness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Impiety \Impi"ety\, n.; pl. {Impieties}. [L. impietas, fr. impius impious; cf. F. impi[82]t[82]. 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.