IMPIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does impiousness mean? 

• IMPIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun IMPIOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god

  Familiarity information: IMPIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPIOUSNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

impiety; impiousness

Hypernyms ("impiousness" is a kind of...):

unrighteousness (failure to adhere to moral principles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "impiousness"):

undutifulness (impiety characterized by lack of devotion to duty)

irreligion; irreligiousness (the quality of not being devout)

godlessness; ungodliness (impiety by virtue of not being a godly person)

Derivation:

impious (lacking piety or reverence for a god)

impious (lacking due respect or dutifulness)