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godliness
[god-lee] 
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godliness
[god-lee]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | holiness |
| Synonyms: | piety, sanctity, virtue |
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | agnosticism, atheism, sin, unholiness, wickedness |
| Main Entry: | morality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ethics, honesty |
| Synonyms: | chastity, conduct, decency, ethicality, ethicalness, gentleness, godliness, good habits, goodness, honor, ideals, incorruptibility, incorruption, integrity, justice, manners, moral code, morals, mores, philosophy, principle, principles, probity, purity, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, saintliness, standards, uprightness, virtue, worthiness |
| Notes: | morality is beliefs regarding appropriate behavior, while ethics is the formal study of morality |
| Antonyms: | amorality, badness, corruption, dishonesty, evil, immorality, sinfulness, unethicalness |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | sanctity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | holiness |
| Synonyms: | asceticism, blessedness, consecration, devotion, devoutness, divineness, divinity, faith, godliness, goodness, grace, hallowedness, inviolability, mercy, piety, purity, religiousness, reverence, righteousness, sacredness, saintliness, solemnity, spirituality, venerableness |
| Main Entry: | righteousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | devotion to a sinless life |
| Synonyms: | devotion, devoutness, godliness, holiness, piety, religiosity, religiousness, reverence, sacredness, saintliness, spirituality, worship, zeal |
| Antonyms: | blasphemy, impiety, irreverence |
| Main Entry: | devoutness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | religiousness |
| Synonyms: | devotion, godliness, holiness, pietism, piety, piousness, religiosity, reverence, spirituality |
| Main Entry: | inviolability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sanctity |
| Synonyms: | asceticism, blessedness, consecration, devotion, devoutness, divineness, divinity, faith, godliness, goodness, grace, hallowedness, mercy, piety, purity, religiousness, reverence, righteousness, sacredness, sacrosanctity, saintliness, solemnity, spirituality, venerableness |
| Main Entry: | sacredness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | holiness |
| Synonyms: | asceticism, beatitude, blessedness, consecration, devotion, devoutness, divineness, divinity, faith, godliness, grace, humility, inviolability, piety, purity, religiosity, reverence, righteousness, sacrosanctity, saintliness, sanctity, spirituality, unction, venerableness, virtuousness, worship |
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