| Main Entry: | piety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devotion, religiousness |
Synonyms: |
allegiance, application, ardor, belief, devoutness, docility, dutifulness, duty, faith, fealty, fervor, fidelity, godliness, grace, holiness, loyalty, obedience, passion, religion, religiosity, reverence, sanctity, veneration, zeal |
Antonyms: |
impiety, irreverence |
| Concept: | Piety. |
| Category: | 3. Religious sentiments |
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-nouns
piety, religion, theism, faith; religiousness, holiness; saintship; religionism; sanctimony (assumed piety); reverence (respect); humility, veneration, devotion; prostration (worship); grace, unction, edification; sanctity, sanctitude; consecration., spiritual existence, odor of sanctity, beauty of holiness., theopathy, beatification, adoption, regeneration, conversion, justification, sanctification, salvation, inspiration, bread of life; Body and Blood of Christ., believer, convert, theist, Christian, devotee, pietist; the good, the righteous, the just, the believing, the elect; Saint, Madonna, Notre Dame, Our Lady., the children of God, the children of the Kingdom, the children of the light.
-verbs
be pious; have faith; believe, receive Christ; revere; be converted, convert, edify, sanctify, keep holy, beatify, regenerate, inspire, consecate, enshrine.
-adjectives
pious, religious, devout, devoted, reverent, godly, heavenly-minded, humble, pure, holy, spiritual, pietistic; saintly, saint-like; seraphic, sacred, solemn., believing, faithful, Christian, Catholic., elected, adopted, justified, sanctified, regenerated, inspired, consecrated, converted, unearthly, not of the earth.
-phrases
ne vile fano; "pure-eyed Faith . . . thou hovering angel girt with golden wings" [Milton].
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Antonyms: |
impiety |
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| Main Entry: | allegiance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loyalty |
Synonyms: |
adherence, ardor, consecration, constancy, dedication, deference, devotion, duty, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, homage, honor, obedience, obligation, piety |
Antonyms: |
disloyalty, enmity, sedition, treachery, treason |
| Main Entry: | devotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commitment; loyalty |
Synonyms: |
adherence, adoration, affection, allegiance, ardor, attachment, consecration, constancy, dedication, deference, devotedness, devotement, devoutness, earnestness, enthusiasm, faithfulness, fealty, fervor, fidelity, fondness, intensity, love, observance, passion, piety, reverence, sanctity, service, sincerity, spirituality, worship, zeal |
Antonyms: |
apathy, carelessness, indifference, neglect, negligence |
| Main Entry: | faith |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief in a higher being; community of believers |
Synonyms: |
canon, church, communion, confession, connection, conviction, credo, creed, cult, denomination, doctrine, dogma, doxy, gospel, orthodoxy, persuasion, piety, piousness, principle, profession, religion, revelation, sect, teaching, tenet, theism, theology, worship |
Antonyms: |
agnosticism, denial, doubt, rejection, skepticism, unbelief |
| Main Entry: | faithfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devotion |
Synonyms: |
adherence, adhesion, allegiance, ardor, attachment, care, constancy, dependability, duty, fealty, fidelity, loyalty, piety, trustworthiness, truth |
Antonyms: |
dishonesty, disloyalty, falseness, inconstancy, treachery |
| Main Entry: | fervor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excitement, enthusiasm |
Synonyms: |
animation, ardency, ardor, devoutness, eagerness, earnestness, fervency, fire*, heartiness, heat*, hurrah, intensity, jazz, love, oomph, passion, pep talk, piety, piousness, religiousness, seriousness, sincerity, solemnity, vehemence, warmth, weakness, wholeheartedness, zeal, zealousness |
| Notes: | the intensity of heat or feeling can be described as fervency (from Latin fervere 'boil'); an instance of this heat or feeling is fervor |
Antonyms: |
apathy, coolness, discouragement |
| Main Entry: | fidelity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | faithfulness in a relationship |
Synonyms: |
allegiance, ardor, attachment, constancy, dependability, devotedness, devotion, faith, fealty, integrity, loyalty, piety, reliability, staunchness, steadfastness, true-heartedness, trustworthiness |
Antonyms: |
disloyalty, faithlessness, infidelity, lying, treachery |
| Main Entry: | holiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | religiousness |
Synonyms: |
asceticism, beatitude, blessedness, consecration, devotion, devoutness, divineness, divinity, faith, godliness, grace, humility, inviolability, piety, purity, religiosity, reverence, righteousness, sacredness, saintliness, sanctity, spirituality, unction, venerableness, virtuousness, worship |
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agnosticism, atheism, sin, unholiness, wickedness |
| Main Entry: | love |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adoration; very strong liking |
Synonyms: |
adulation, affection, allegiance, amity, amorousness, amour, appreciation, ardency, ardor, attachment, case*, cherishing, crush, delight, devotedness, devotion, emotion, enchantment, enjoyment, fervor, fidelity, flame, fondness, friendship, hankering, idolatry, inclination, infatuation, involvement, like, lust, mad for, partiality, passion, piety, rapture, regard, relish, respect, sentiment, soft spot, taste, tenderness, weakness, worship, yearning, zeal |
Antonyms: |
dislike, hate, hatred |