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   impiety

   /ɪmˈpʌɪɪti/

   noun

   • 1. lack of piety or reverence: "he blamed the fall of the city on the impiety of the people" Similar godlessnessungodlinessunholinessirreligionsinfulnesssinviceimmoralityunrighteousnesssacrilegeprofanenessirreverencedisrespectapostasyatheismagnosticismpaganismheathenismnon-beliefdisbeliefunbeliefscepticismdoubtsintransgressionwrongdoingevil-doingwrongmisdeedmisdemeanourbad deedact of wickednessimmoral actfall from graceprofanityblasphemyOpposite pietyfaithgood deed

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French impiete or Latin impietas, from impius ‘impious’.

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