impiety Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god
    impiousness.

WordNet

Im*pi"e*ty noun
Etymology
L. impietas, fr. impius impious; cf. F. impiété. See Impious, Piety.
Wordforms
plural Impieties
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913