Dictionary entry

Impiety

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Im‐pi″e‐ty (ĭm‐pī″ē̍‐ty̆), n.; pl.Impieties (–tĭz). [L. impietas, fr. impius impious; cf. F. impiété. 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 wickedness.

Those impieties for the which they are now visited. Shak.

Syn. — Ungodliness; irreligion; unrighteousness; sinfulness; profaneness; wickedness; godlessness.