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impiousness
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Impiousness
(gcide) | Impious \Im"pi*ous\, a. [L. impius; pref. im- not + pius piou.
See Pious.]
Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly;
profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an
impious deed; impious language.
[1913 Webster]
When vice prevails, and impious men bear away,
The post of honor is a private station. --Addison.
Syn: Impious, Irreligious, Profane.
Usage: Irreligious is negative, impious and profane are
positive. An indifferent man may be irreligious; a
profane man is irreverent in speech and conduct; an
impious man is wickedly and boldly defiant in the
strongest sense. Profane also has the milder sense of
secular. --C. J. Smith. -- Im"pi*ous*ly, adv. --
Im"pi*ous*ness, n.
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impiousness
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n 1: unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god
[syn: impiety, impiousness] [ant: piety, piousness] |
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