impiousness
Lack of reverence
Impiousness is the quality of lacking reverence or respect for what others hold sacred, whether religious beliefs, traditions, or deeply cherished values.
It suggests a willful disregard rather than mere ignorance—the impious person knows something is considered holy or worthy of respect and chooses to treat it with contempt anyway.
His impiousness shocked the congregation when he mocked their rituals.
Lack of belief
- unbeliefLack of faith
- atheismRejection of deities
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
- secularismSeparation of faith, state
nonbelief · freethinking · skepticism · apostasy · heresy · heathenism · paganism · infidelity
Irreverence toward the sacred
- profanationViolation of sanctity
- desecrationViolating something sacred
- defilementAct of corrupting purity
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
violation · iconoclasm · debasement · cursing · taboo · abomination · transgression · pollution
godlessness
Lack of belief
- unbeliefLack of faith
- atheismRejection of deities
- agnosticismDoubt about divine existence
secularism · nonbelief · freethinking · skepticism · apostasy · heresy · heathenism · paganism · infidelity · faithlessness
blasphemy
Irreverence toward the sacred
- profanationViolation of sanctity
- desecrationViolating something sacred
- defilementAct of corrupting purity
profanity · violation · iconoclasm · debasement · cursing · taboo · abomination · transgression · pollution · contamination
disrespect
Lack of regard
derision · disdain · flippancy · insolence · levity · ridicule · impudence · cheekiness · audacity · impertinence
impiousnesspiety
Sincere religious devotion
piousness · devoutness · godliness · reverence · devotion
impiousnessrighteousness
Moral correctness or virtue
saintliness · virtue · honor · rectitude · moral rectitude