Synonyms for blessing
ˈblɛs ɪŋbless·ing

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1. blessingnoun

   Antonyms:
   curse

2. blessingnoun

   Antonyms:
   curse

3. blessingnoun

   Antonyms:
   curse

4. blessingnoun

   Antonyms:
   curse

5. blessingnoun

   Antonyms:
   curse

6. blessingnoun

   We will not proceed without the executive director's blessing.

   Antonyms:
   curse

7. blessingnoun

   Antonyms:
   curse

8. blessingnoun

   Antonyms:
   curse

9. blessingnoun

   Antonyms:
   curse

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1. blessing

   Mercy is the exercise of less severity than one deserves, or in a more extended sense, the granting of kindness or favor beyond what one may rightly claim. Grace is favor, kindness, or blessing shown to the undeserving; forgiveness, mercy, and pardon are exercised toward the ill-deserving. Pardon remits the outward penalty which the offender deserves; forgiveness dismisses resentment or displeasure from the heart of the one offended; mercy seeks the highest possible good of the offender. There may be mercy without pardon, as in the mitigation of sentence, or in all possible alleviation of necessary severity; there may be cases where pardon would not be mercy, since it would encourage to repetition of the offense, from which timely punishment might have saved. Mercy is also used in the wider sense of refraining from harshness or cruelty toward those who are in one's power without fault of their own; as, they besought the robber to have mercy. Clemency is a colder word than mercy, and without its religious associations, signifying mildness and moderation in the use of power where severity would have legal or military, rather than moral sanction; it often denotes a habitual mildness of disposition on the part of the powerful, and is matter rather of good nature or policy than of principle. Leniency or lenity denotes an easy-going avoidance of severity; these words are more general and less magisterial than clemency; we should speak of the leniency of a parent, the clemency of a conqueror. Compare PITY.

   Synonyms:
   benevolence, benignity, clemency, compassion, favor, forbearance, forgiveness, gentleness, grace, kindness, lenience, leniency, lenity, mercy, mildness, pardon, pardon, pity, tenderness

   Antonyms:
   cruelty, hardness, harshness, implacability, justice, penalty, punishment, revenge, rigor, severity, sternness, vengeance

   Preposition:
   The mercy of God to or toward sinners; have mercy on or upon one.

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1. blessing

   Synonyms:
   felicitation, benediction, endowment, donation, gift, gratitude, thankfulness, thanks, benefit

   Antonyms:
   impoverishment, deprivation, bereavement, malediction, thanklessness, obliviousness, catastrophe, disaster, calamity, detriment, curse, damn

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1. blessing, approval, approvingnoun

   the formal act of approving

   "he gave the project his blessing"; "his decision merited the approval of any sensible person"

   Synonyms:
   approval, approving, thanksgiving, commendation, benediction, favourable reception, favorable reception, grace, boon

2. blessing, boonnoun

   a desirable state

   "enjoy the blessings of peace"; "a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors"

   Synonyms:
   benediction, grace, thanksgiving, approval, boon, approving

3. grace, blessing, thanksgivingnoun

   a short prayer of thanks before a meal

   "their youngest son said grace"

   Synonyms:
   approval, gracility, thanksgiving, state of grace, good will, saving grace, boon, free grace, grace, benediction, approving, grace of God, goodwill, seemliness

4. benediction, blessingnoun

   a ceremonial prayer invoking divine protection

   Synonyms:
   benediction, approving, grace, thanksgiving, approval, boon

5. blessing, benedictionnoun

   the act of praying for divine protection

   Synonyms:
   benediction, grace, thanksgiving, approval, boon, approving

Matched Categories

1. • Good Fortune
   • Prayer
   • Support

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1. blessingnoun

   Synonyms:
   benediction, benison, invocation of happiness

2. blessingnoun

   Synonyms:
   good, benefit, advantage, profit, gain, boon, service

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1. blessingnoun

   Synonyms:
   benediction, benison, beatitude, boon, god-send

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1. List of paraphrases for "blessing":

   boon, godsend, derrick, baraka, holiness

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1. Magdalena Jimenez:

   They were beautiful, each one had its own special touch, we need people with the heart this lady has…it’s a blessing to know people like that.

2. Tomi Lahren:

   She ends her trash column with her best attempt at decency, saying she will maybe possibly give them the blessing of her appreciation if they repent for their audacious and unacceptable support for Donald Trump, lady.

3. Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson:

   This is something that I cherish. Once in a friend's home I came across this blessing, and took it down in shorthand ... it says something I like to live with Oh Thou, who dwellest in so many homes, possess Thyself of this. Bless the life that is sheltered here. Grant that trust and peace and comfort abide within, and that love and life and usefulness may go out from this home forever.

4. Melissa Duboyce:

   My husband passed away in August and it has been a really hard year and this was a really nice surprise, so this is really a blessing and I am thankful for [Hunt] and his wife.

5. Michael Vick:

   My legs feel good, i can still move a little bit, which is a blessing. I think at age 35 to still be as quick as I am is a credit to the hard work I put into the offseason.