piety

1. (uncountable)Reverence and devotion to God.

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

   Frömmigkeit

   на́божностьnábožnostʹ, благоче́стиеblagočéstije

   набо́жністьnabóžnistʹ

2. (uncountable)Similar reverence to one's parents and family or to one's country.

   patriotism as piety, when done right

   Pietät

3. (countable)A devout or otherwise laudable act, thought, or statement.

4. A devout or otherwise laudable act, thought, or statement.

   (countable, uncountable)A platitude that may be empty or at least facile and undercommitted.

   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.

1. Is this what passes for piety?

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2. Piety is the child of ignorance.

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3. Piety is the beginning of wisdom.

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4. To raise one's name in later generations and thereby glorify one's parents, this is the greatest expression of filial piety.

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5. The child is father of the man; and I could wish my days to be bound each to each by natural piety.

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