n. pi|e|ty
n. pl. pi|e|ties

1. The state or quality of being pious, especially:
1a. Religious devotion and reverence to a deity.
1b. Devotion and reverence to parents and family: filial piety.

2. A devout act, thought, or statement.

3. A position held conventionally or hypocritically; a statement of such a position: "...the liberated pieties of people who believe that social attitudes have kept pace with women's aspirations�" (Erica Abeel).

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods

Being devoted; Especially in religion. It can also mean devotion and reverence to your parents.

devotion motivated by fear, paranoia, and/or percieved possibility of selfish personal benefit

religious devotion