piety

Definitions

1. Reverence and devotion to God
2. Reverence and devotion to God.
   uncountable
3. Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country
4. Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country.
   uncountable
5. A devout or otherwise laudable act, thought, or statement. A platitude that may be empty or at least facile and undercommitted
6. A devout or otherwise laudable act, thought, or statement.
   countable
7. A platitude that may be empty or at least facile and undercommitted
8. A platitude that may be empty or at least facile and undercommitted.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Colleen's piety led her to make⟳ sacrifices that most people would not have⟳ made.”

“patriotism as piety, when done right”

“Those who dwell outside of Western Establishment bastions are not idiots just because they do not mouth the pieties of GASP. Some of them can write⟳ very well. There are other traditions, you know⟳. They could write⟳ for Wikipedia, if you let⟳ them. But such true openness and genuine tolerance is unacceptable, precisely because those other traditions fail⟳ to pay⟳ exclusive homage to GASP sources, through which—Wikipedians imagine⟳—all the benefits of global civilization flow⟳.”

“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⟳.”

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