piety

piety

noun

Definition of PIETY

1

belief and trust in and loyalty to God <her piety is quiet but profound>

Synonyms devotion, piety, religion

Related Words devoutness, piousness, religiousness; adoration, reverence, veneration, worship; profession, protestation

Near Antonyms disbelief, doubt, unbelief, unfaith; agnosticism, know-nothingism; apostasy, lapse, tergiversation

Antonyms atheism, godlessness

2

the quality or state of being spiritually pure or virtuous <among fellow clerics he is respected and admired for his piety>

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

Related Words asceticism, devotion, morality, prayerfulness, religiousness, spirituality; priestliness; goodness, rectitude, righteousness, uprightness, virtue, virtuousness; consecration, sacredness

Near Antonyms blasphemousness, irreverence, sacrilegiousness; depravedness, depravity, evilness, heinousness, monstrosity, sinfulness, vileness, wickedness; hypocrisy, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony

Antonyms godlessness, impiety, ungodliness, unholiness

3

adherence to something to which one is bound by a pledge or duty <familial piety keeps me from refusing to help my brother in this financial crisis>

Synonyms adhesion, allegiance, attachment, commitment, constancy, dedication, devotedness, devotion, faith, faithfulness, fastness, fealty, loyalty, piety, steadfastness, troth

Related Words affection, fondness; determination, firmness, resolution; dependability, reliability, trustability, trustiness, trustworthiness

Near Antonyms alienation, disaffection, estrangement, separation

Antonyms disloyalty, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, inconstancy, infidelity, perfidiousness, perfidy, treachery, unfaithfulness