Thesaurus
piety
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of PIETY
1
belief and trust in and loyalty to God <her piety is quiet but profound>
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
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
Antonyms disloyalty, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, inconstancy, infidelity, perfidiousness, perfidy, treachery, unfaithfulness
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