Entry Word: holiness

Function: noun

Meaning: the quality or state of being spiritually pure or virtuous <known throughout the world for his holiness, the prophet was visited daily by hundreds of pilgrims>

Synonyms blessedness, devoutness, godliness, piety, piousness, sainthood, saintliness, saintship, sanctity

Related Words asceticism, devotion, morality, prayerfulness, religiousness, spirituality; righteousness, virtuousness

Near Antonyms blasphemousness, irreverence, sacrilegiousness; depravity, sinfulness, wickedness

Antonyms godlessness, impiety, ungodliness, unholiness