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impiety

n.
UK //ɪmpˈaɪəti// impi·ety
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From Old French impieté, from Latin impietas, from in- (“not”) + pietas (“piety”), from pius (“pious, devout”) + -tās (“-ty, -dom”). By surface analysis, impious + -ety.

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