godliness
Saintly moral character
Godliness is the quality of being devout, pious, or reverent toward God.
It suggests not just belief but active devotion—living according to religious principles: She admired her grandmother's quiet godliness.
The proverb "cleanliness is next to godliness" elevates hygiene to near-sacred status.
Godliness can also describe moral uprightness more broadly, even without explicit religious context.
Quality of being inviolable
- sacrednessQuality of being holy
- purityUncontaminated quality
- blessednessState of spiritual grace
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
sainthood · sanctification · righteousness · transcendence · beatification · glorification · hallowedness · grace
Moral correctness or virtue
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- uprightnessMoral correctness and honesty
- goodnessMoral excellence
rectitude · honor · conscience · decency · nobility · benevolence · humility · temperance
Trust without proof
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- prayerAddress to deity
- meditationFocused attention practice
- reverenceProfound admiring respect
spirituality · observance · rituals · fasting · discipleship · communion · scripture · devotionals
sanctity
Quality of being inviolable
- sacrednessQuality of being holy
- purityUncontaminated quality
- blessednessState of spiritual grace
consecration · sainthood · sanctification · righteousness · transcendence · beatification · glorification · hallowedness · grace · salvation
righteousness
Moral correctness or virtue
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- uprightnessMoral correctness and honesty
goodness · rectitude · honor · conscience · decency · nobility · benevolence · humility · temperance · charity
faith
Trust without proof
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- prayerAddress to deity
- meditationFocused attention practice
reverence · spirituality · observance · rituals · fasting · discipleship · communion · scripture · devotionals · praise
- virtuesintegrity, honesty, justice, courage, fairness
- divinitydeity, godhood, divine, holiness, divinity
- holinesssanctification, holiness, purity, sacredness, sanctity
- pietydevoutness, holiness, piousness, righteousness, sanctity
- Puritan virtuespiety, frugality, self-denial, modesty, sobriety
- Puritanismpuritanism, moral purity, prudery, prudishness, strictness
godlinesswickedness
Moral corruption or evil
sinfulness · depravity · evilness · vileness · corruption
godlinessimpiety
Irreverence toward the divine
ungodliness · godlessness · irreverence · unholiness · blasphemy
godlinessgodlessness
Lack of belief
atheism · worldliness · secularism · materialism · irreligion