IMPIETIES Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

impieties

noun

plural of impiety

as in corruptions

an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things the unspeakable impiety of spitting in a church

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These attempts to keep down the unquiet dead were, besides being desecrations, exercises in a lot of heavy and often forbidden labor done on decaying bodies.

— Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
The idea that Watkins was an enabler of Gein’s murders and subsequent desecrations could be read merely as a part of the show’s aggressive and admitted mingling of fiction and reality.

— Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025

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After the story was published, YouTube removed several channels for content violations.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Other alleged violations — which total 23 in all — range from not having any smoke or carbon monoxide detectors throughout the property to failing to maintain the building in a structurally safe and stable condition.

— Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026

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