impious

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That would truly have put an end to the evil he began I wouldn't be--impious, Basil," said my wife, with a moment's hesitation for the word.

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  1. adjective Lacking reverence; not pious.
  2. adjective Lacking due respect or dutifulness: impious toward one's parents.

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  • Think not that your interests will be safe in the hands of the weak and ignorant; or faithfully managed by the impious, the dissolute and the immoral. —  WordPress.com News
  • Whether the deceased had been pious or impious, a worshipper of Roman or foreign gods, or a follower of Eastern or barbaric religions, his burial-place was considered by law a locus religiosus_, as inviolable as a temple. —  Pagan and Christian Rome
  • All other representation of Deity is in this faith regarded as impious, and even the circular mirror of polished metal is hidden from the vulgar gaze save on ceremonial occasions. —  The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria
  • That would truly have put an end to the evil he began I wouldn't be--impious, Basil," said my wife, with a moment's hesitation for the word. —  A Pair of Patient Lovers
  • "In that countless multitude you will find few except the utterly wicked and impious, the sacrilegious, homicides, and perjurers, whose departure is a double gain. —  An Introduction to the History of Western Europe
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. From Latin impius : in-, not; see in-1 + pius, dutiful.

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  1. = French impie = Spanish impío = Portuguese Italian impio, from Latin impius, inpius, irreverent, undutiful, ungodly, from in- privative + pius, reverent, dutiful, godly: see pious.
 

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/ˈɪmpɪəs/
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