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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

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

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The condition or quality of being impious or devoid of piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness.
  • noun An impious act; an act of wickedness or irreligion.
  • noun Violation of natural duty or obligation toward others; want of reverence or respect, in general; undutifulness, as toward parents: as, filial impiety.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality of being impious; lack of piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness.
  • noun An impious act; an act of wickedness.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun uncountable The state of being impious
  • noun countable An impious act
  • noun uncountable The lack of respect for a god or something sacred

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god

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Examples

  • We contingency realize most confidently which a Holy Spirit never reproves offer if a impiety is cleansed by a changed red red red blood as good as forsaken.

    Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009

  • We contingency realize most confidently which a Holy Spirit never reproves offer if a impiety is cleansed by a changed red red red blood as good as forsaken.

    THE DANGERS OF SPIRITUAL LIFE-By Watchman Nee A Fair Mitre admin 2009

  • The scolding of demur ceases once a impiety is confessed as good as cleansed by a changed blood, nonetheless a complaint of a rivalry continues even after what is indicted has been dealt with.

    Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009

  • The impiety is real, nonetheless when it has been treated with colour according to a thoughts of a Holy Spirit a complaint continues since a immorality suggestion has joined his complaint to a scolding of a conscience.

    THE DANGERS OF SPIRITUAL LIFE-By Watchman Nee A Fair Mitre admin 2009

  • The scolding of demur ceases once a impiety is confessed as good as cleansed by a changed blood, nonetheless a complaint of a rivalry continues even after what is indicted has been dealt with.

    THE DANGERS OF SPIRITUAL LIFE-By Watchman Nee A Fair Mitre admin 2009

  • The impiety is real, nonetheless when it has been treated with colour according to a thoughts of a Holy Spirit a complaint continues since a immorality suggestion has joined his complaint to a scolding of a conscience.

    Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009

  • Impunity hardens sinners in impiety, and the patience of God is shamefully abused by many who, instead of being led by it to repentance, are confirmed by it in their impenitence.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721

  • When he shall have arrived at his full stature in impiety, shall have filled up the measure of his iniquity, then all shall be called over again.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

  • Then, by Heaven, we have discovered the source of this vain opinion of all those physical investigators; and I would have you examine their arguments with the utmost care, for their impiety is a very serious matter; they not only make a bad and mistaken use of argument, but they lead away the minds of others: that is my opinion of them.

    Laws 2006

  • Furthermore, religious freedom was so clearly subordinated to the notion of impiety and later of heresy as to require special treatment.

    Dictionary of the History of Ideas ARNALDO MOMIGLIANO 1968

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