impiety.

A lack of reverence or respect toward religion or things considered sacred.

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Words that belong together

• accusation of impiety
• charge of impiety
• religious impiety

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The sermon condemned what the speaker called impiety.

An accusation of impiety followed the public argument.

She feared that curiosity would be mistaken for impiety.

Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Usually mass; impieties for particular irreverent acts. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.