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piety

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of piety

1 belief and trust in and loyalty to God

  • her piety is quiet but profound
Synonyms of piety

devotion, faith, religion
Words Related to piety

devoutness, piousness, religiousness

adoration, reverence, veneration, worship

profession, protestation
Near Antonyms of piety

disbelief, doubt, unbelief, unfaith

agnosticism, know-nothingism

apostasy, lapse, tergiversation
Antonyms of piety

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 of piety

blessedness, devoutness, godliness, holiness, piousness, sainthood, saintliness, saintship, sanctity
Words Related to piety

asceticism, devotion, morality, prayerfulness, religiousness, spirituality

priestliness

goodness, rectitude, righteousness, uprightness, virtue, virtuousness

consecration, sacredness
Near Antonyms of piety

blasphemousness, irreverence, sacrilegiousness

depravedness, depravity, evilness, heinousness, monstrosity, sinfulness, vileness, wickedness

hypocrisy, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony
Antonyms of piety

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 of piety

adhesion, allegiance, attachment, commitment, constancy, dedication, devotedness, devotion, faith, faithfulness, fastness, fealty, fidelity, loyalty, steadfastness, troth
Words Related to piety

affection, fondness

determination, firmness, resolution

dependability, reliability, trustability, trustiness, trustworthiness
Near Antonyms of piety

alienation, disaffection, estrangement, separation
Antonyms of piety

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

Synonym Discussion of piety

fidelity, allegiance, fealty, loyalty, devotion, piety mean faithfulness to something to which one is bound by pledge or duty. fidelity implies strict and continuing faithfulness to an obligation, trust, or duty.
    • marital fidelity
allegiance suggests an adherence like that of citizens to their country.
    • pledging allegiance
fealty implies a fidelity acknowledged by the individual and as compelling as a sworn vow.
    • fealty to the truth
loyalty implies a faithfulness that is steadfast in the face of any temptation to renounce, desert, or betray.
    • valued the loyalty of his friends
devotion stresses zeal and service amounting to self-dedication.
    • a painter's devotion to her art
piety stresses fidelity to obligations regarded as natural and fundamental.
    • filial piety

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