Im*pi"e*ty (ĭm*pī"ē*t?),
n.; pl. Impieties (-
tĭz). [L. impietas, fr. impius impious; cf. F.
impiété. See Impious, Piety.]
1. The quality of being impious; want of piety;
irreverence toward the Supreme Being; ungodliness;
wickedness.
2. An impious act; an act of
wickedness.
Those impieties for the which they are now
visited.
Shak.
Syn. -- Ungodliness; irreligion; unrighteousness;
sinfulness; profaneness; wickedness; godlessness.