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im·pi·e·ty

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–noun, plural -ties.

1.	lack of piety; lack of reverence for God or sacred things; irreverence.

2.	lack of dutifulness or respect.

3.	an impious act, practice, etc.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME impietie < L impietās, equiv. to impi(us) impious + -etās, var., after vowels, of -itās -ity

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im·pi·e·ty Audio Help (ĭm-pī'ĭ-tē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. im·pi·e·ties

The quality or state of being impious.
An impious act.
Undutifulness.

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impiety
noun
unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god [ant: piety]

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Impiety

Im*pi"e*ty\, n.; pl. Impieties. [L. impietas, fr. impius impious; cf. F. impi['e]t['e]. 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.

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