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# impiety

«impiety» in Mova's school dictionary: **a lack of respect for the gods, or for holy and sacred…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Impiety is a lack of respect for the gods, or for holy and sacred things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impiety/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old myths, a person is punished for impiety, that is for insulting the gods

### examples

- He was punished for impiety. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impiety/#x1)
- Their impiety angered the gods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impiety/#x2)
- Impiety was a serious crime in the old stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impiety/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «impiety» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impiety/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.