Ungodliness

  • 81atheism — 1580s, from Fr. athéisme (16c.), from Gk. atheos without god (see ATHEIST (Cf. atheist)). A slightly earlier form is represented by atheonism (1530s) which is perhaps from It. atheo atheist. Ancient Gk. atheotes meant ungodliness …

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  • 82impiety — (n.) mid 14c., from O.Fr. impieté (12c.), from L. impietatem (nom. impietas) irreverence, ungodliness; disloyalty, treason, noun of quality from impius (see IMPIOUS (Cf. impious)) …

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  • 83impieties — im·pi·e·ty || ɪm paɪətɪ n. ungodliness, lack of reverence for God or religious matters; lack of respect …

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  • 84impiety — im·pi·e·ty || ɪm paɪətɪ n. ungodliness, lack of reverence for God or religious matters; lack of respect …

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  • 85ungodly — adjective (ungodlier, ungodliest) 1》 irreligious or immoral. 2》 informal unreasonably early or inconvenient. Derivatives ungodliness noun …

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  • 86irreligion — n. Impiety, ungodliness …

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  • 87sinfulness — n. Wickedness, depravity, unrighteousness, iniquity, unholiness, criminality, ungodliness, irreligion, moral corruption …

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  • 88corruption — noun 1) political corruption Syn: dishonesty, unscrupulousness, double dealing, fraud, fraudulence, misconduct, crime, criminality, wrongdoing; bribery, venality, extortion, profiteering, payola; informal graft, grift, crookedness …

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  • 89degeneracy — noun the sexual degeneracy and intellectual deterioration of the time Syn: corruption, decadence, moral decay, dissipation, dissolution, profligacy, vice, immorality, sin, sinfulness, ungodliness; debauchery; formal turpitude …

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  • 90immorality — noun he charged that the overseas press was prone to lies and immorality Syn: wickedness, immoral behavior, badness, evil, vileness, corruption, dishonesty, dishonorableness; sinfulness, ungodliness, unchastity, sin, depravity, villainy, vice,… …

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