Thesaurus
benediction
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of BENEDICTION
1
a prayer calling for divine care, protection, or favor <the priest offered a benediction for the missing children>
Synonyms benediction, benison
Related Words Godspeed; appeal, entreaty, grace, intercession, invocation, orison, petition, plea, prayer, supplication; sanctification
2
something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing <the library's silence was a welcome benediction to someone, like me, who needed to concentrate>
Related Words grace, mercy; favor, kindness, mitzvah; advantage, aid, assistance, gift, help, relief, support; anodyne, comfort, consolation, solace; bonus, extra, lagniappe; delight, joy, pleasure
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