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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IM'PIOUSNESS, n. Impiety; contempt of God and his laws.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god [syn: impiety, impiousness] [ant: piety, piousness]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Impious Im"pi*ous, a. [L. impius; pref. im- not + pius piou. See Pious.] Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language. When vice prevails, and impious men bear away, The post of honor is a private station. --Addison. Syn: Impious, Irreligious, Profane. Usage: Irreligious is negative, impious and profane are positive. An indifferent man may be irreligious; a profane man is irreverent in speech and conduct; an impious man is wickedly and boldly defiant in the strongest sense. Profane also has the milder sense of secular. --C. J. Smith. -- Im"pi*ous*ly, adv. -- Im"pi*ous*ness, n.