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Answer for the clue "Unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god ", 11 letters:
impiousness

Word definitions for impiousness in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Impious \Im"pi*ous\, a. [L. impius; pref. im- not + pius piou. See Pious .] Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language. When vice prevails, and impious ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. unrighteousness by virtue of lacking respect for a god [syn: impiety ] [ant: piety ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. quality#English of being impious.

Usage examples of impiousness.

Not only that, but the subtle insanity of Ahab respecting Moby Dick was noways more significantly manifested than in his superlative sense and shrewdness in foreseeing that, for the present, the hunt should in some way be stripped of that strange imaginative impiousness which naturally invested it.