Antonyms for godlinessgod·li·ness

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1. godliness

   Piety is primarily filial duty, as of children to parents, and hence, in its highest sense, a loving obedience and service to God as the Heavenly Father; pietism often denotes a mystical, sometimes an affected piety; religion is the reverent acknowledgment both in heart and in act of a divine being. Religion, in the fullest and highest sense, includes all the other words of this group. Worship may be external and formal, or it may be the adoring reverence of the human spirit for the divine, seeking outward expression. Devotion, which in its fullest sense is self-consecration, is often used to denote an act of worship, especially prayer or adoration; as, he is engaged in his devotions. Morality is the system and practise of duty as required by the moral law, consisting chiefly in outward acts, and thus may be observed without spiritual rectitude of heart; morality is of necessity included in all true religion, which involves both outward act and spiritual service. Godliness (primarily godlikeness) is a character and spirit like that of God. Holiness is the highest, sinless perfection of any spirit, whether divine or human, tho often used for purity or for consecration. Theology is the science of religion, or the study and scientific statement of all that the human mind can know of God. Faith, strictly the belief and trust which the soul exercises toward God, is often used as a comprehensive word for a whole system of religion considered as the object of faith; as, the Christian faith; the Mohammedan faith.

   Antonyms:
   atheism, blasphemy, godlessness, impiety, irreligion, profanity, sacrilege, unbelief, ungodliness, wickedness

   Synonyms:
   devotion, faith, holiness, morality, pietism, piety, religion, righteousness, theology, worship

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1. godlinessnoun

   piety by virtue of being a godly person

   Antonyms:
   godlessness, ungodliness

How to use godliness in a sentence?

1. Ramana Pemmaraju:

   Never hanker for others to make your life beautiful, orchestrate your life and celebrate in your own aliveness. Thats HEAVEN, thats Godliness! - Ramana Pemmaraju

2. John Wesley:

   Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

3. 1 Timothy 611 Bible:

   But thou, O man of God, flee these things and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

4. Saint Augustine:

   Nothing whatever pertaining to godliness and real holiness can be accomplished without grace.

5. Seán O'Casey:

   Disease an never be conquered, can never be quelled by emotion's willful screaming or faith's symbolic prayer. It can only be conquered by the energy of humanity and the cunning in the mind of man. In the patience of a Curie, in the enlightenment of a Faraday, a Rutherford, a Pasteur, a Nightingale, and all other apostles of light and cleanliness, rather than of a woebegone godliness, we shall find final deliverance from plague, pestilence, and famine.

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