Im-pi'e-ty, n.

n. [Fr. impiété, Pr. impietat, It. impietà, empietà, Sp. impiedad, Pg. impiedade, Lat. impietas, from impius, impious.]

1. The quality of being impious; want of, or the contrary of, piety; irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness; wickedness.
2. An impious act; an act of wickedness. “Guilty of those impieties for which they are now visited.” Shak.
3. Want of reverence, filial affection, or obedience, to parents.

Syn. — Ungodliness; irreligion; unrighteousness; sinfulness; profaneness.