piety
Plural: pieties
Noun
- The quality of being religious or reverent; devoutness.
- righteousness by virtue of being pious
- Reverence and devotion to God.
- Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country.
- A devout or otherwise laudable act, thought, or statement.
- A devout or otherwise laudable act, thought, or statement.
- A platitude that may be empty or at least facile and undercommitted.
Examples
- Colleen's piety led her to make sacrifices that most people would not have made.
- He displayed great PIETY towards the Scrabble dictionary, never challenging an accepted word.
- He was quick with the pieties about hard work, honest communication, active listening, and respecting others' viewpoints, but walking the walk is different from talking the talk.
- patriotism as piety, when done right
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English piete, borrowed from Middle French pieté, from Latin pietās. See also the doublets pietà and pity. By surface analysis, pious + -ety.
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Scrabble Score: 10
piety: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpiety: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
piety: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
piety: valid Words With Friends Word