Im*pi"e*ty (?), n.; pl. Impieties (). [L. impietas, fr. impius impious; cf. F. impi'et'e. 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 wickednes.
Those impieties for the which they are now visited.
Shak.
Syn. -- Ungodliness; irreligion; unrighteousness; sinfulness; profaneness; wickedness; godlessness.
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