Impiety, n.; pl. Impieties (.
Etymology: [L. impietas, fr. impius impious; cf. F. impiété. 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.
Shades of meaning
Fernald lists impiety only as an antonym, under religion.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.
Synonyms
none given