Piety

Noun

 * 1)  reverence and devotion to God
 * Colleen's piety led her to make sacrifices that most people would not have made.
 * 1)  similar reverence to one's parents and family
 * 2)  a devout act or thought

Adjectives for Piety
deadened; intense; ingrained; filial; quaint; strait; fervent; practical; scrupulous; unaffected; idiotic; humble; punctual; consistent; tempered; intentional; parenthetical; systematic; individual; infant; celestial; instructed.

Verbs for Piety
commend—; display—; exhibit—; favor—; feign—; influence—; instil—; laud—; practise—; prefer—; pretend—; protest—: resemble—; respect—; revere—; —cheers; — converts; —excels; —inspires; —shields.

Thesaurus
Tartuffery, Tartuffism, affectation, affection, allegiance, ardor, cant, dedication, deference, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, docility, dutifulness, enthusiasm, faithfulness, false piety, falseness, fealty, fervor, godliness, goody-goodiness, grace, holiness, hypocrisy, insincerity, loyalty, mealymouthedness, mummery, obedience, observance, oiliness, passion, pharisaicalness, pharisaism, pietism, pietisticalness, piousness, religionism, religiosity, religiousness, respect, reverence, sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, sanctity, self-righteousness, snivel, snuffle, unction, unctuousness, veneration, zeal

Translations

 * Arabic: اسلام, تقوى
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 * Italian: pietà
 * Japanese: 篤信
 * Polish: pobożność
 * Romanian: evlavie, pietate
 * Russian:, благочестие
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 * Arabic: بر
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 * German: Pietät
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 * Arabic: تقى


 * Hungarian: áhitat


 * : 虔誠, 虔诚
 * : piété
 * : ευσέβεια
 * : pietà


 * : 경건
 * : piedad

Derived terms

 * filial piety

Related terms

 * pious
 * pietà