impiety

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French impieté, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin impietas, from in- (“not”) + pietas (“piety”), from pius (“pious, devout”) + -tās (“-ty, -dom”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪɪti

Noun

impiety (usually uncountable, plural impieties)

1. (uncountable) The state of being impious.
2. (countable) An impious act.
3. (uncountable) The lack of respect for a god or something sacred.

Synonyms

• (state of being impious): ungodliness, afgodness
• (impious behavior): ungodliness, afgodness
• (lack of respect): disrespect, disregard (more general)

Translations

the state of being impious

• Bulgarian: неблагочестивост f (neblagočestivost)
• French: impiété (fr) f
• Greek: ανοσιότητα (el) f (anosiótita)
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• Irish: aindiagacht f
• Lithuanian: bedieviškumas m
• Spanish: impiedad (es) f

an impious act

• Greek: ανοσιότητα (el) f (anosiótita)

  Ancient: ἀσέβημα n (asébēma)

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• Spanish: impiedad (es) f

lack of respect for a god or something sacred

• Bulgarian: безбожие (bg) n (bezbožie)
• Irish: aindiagacht f
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• Russian: нечестивость (ru) f (nečestivostʹ), непочтительность (ru) f (nepočtitelʹnostʹ)
• Spanish: impiedad (es) f