Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
piety by virtue of being a godly person;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Godliness \God"li*ness\, n. [From Godly.]
Careful observance of, or conformity to, the laws of God; the
state or quality of being godly; piety.
[1913 Webster]
Godliness is profitable unto all things. --1 Tim. iv.
8.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
godliness
n 1: piety by virtue of being a godly person [ant:
godlessness, ungodliness]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "godliness":
Christianity, Christlikeness, Christliness, Fatherhood,
angelicalness, awesomeness, awfulness, beauty of holiness,
blessedness, deity, divineness, divinity, fear of God, godhead,
godhood, godlikeness, godly-mindedness, godship, goodness,
hallowedness, heavenliness, heavenly-mindedness, holiness,
holy-mindedness, ineffability, inenarrability, inexpressibility,
inviolability, inviolableness, moral rectitude, morale, morality,
numinousness, odor of sanctity, otherworldliness, probity,
pureness, pureness of heart, purity, rectitude, right conduct,
righteousness, sacredness, sacrosanctity, sacrosanctness,
sainthood, saintlikeness, saintliness, saintship, sanctitude,
sanctity, seraphicalness, spiritual-mindedness, spirituality,
unearthliness, unspeakability, unutterability, unworldliness,
venerability, venerableness, virtue, virtuousness
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
Godliness
the whole of practical piety (1 Tim. 4:8; 2 Pet. 1:6). "It
supposes knowledge, veneration, affection, dependence,
submission, gratitude, and obedience." In 1 Tim. 3:16 it denotes
the substance of revealed religion.