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GODLINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Piety by virtue of being a godly person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("godliness" is a kind of...):
piety; piousness (righteousness by virtue of being pious)
Antonym:
ungodliness (impiety by virtue of not being a godly person)
Derivation:
godly (emanating from God)
godly (showing great reverence for god)