Blessing: alternatives and connections

The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acce…

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Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.

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Wonder; astonishment.

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The act of adopting, or state of being adopted; voluntary acceptance of a child of other parents to be the same as one's own child.

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A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.

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Blessing; beatitude; benediction.

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State of being champion; leadership; supremacy.

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The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of marriage; sometimes, the marriage ce…

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Forbearance to inflict harm under circumstances of provocation, when one has the power to inflict it; compassionate treatment of an offender or adver…

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Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an aut…

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See Reenforcement.

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To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate.

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The state or quality of being lucky; as, the luckiness of a man or of an event.

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A prayer; a supplication.

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A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a perso…

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One who prays; a supplicant.

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The act of supplicating; humble and earnest prayer, as in worship.

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To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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Approved.

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Approved.

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To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate

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To make or pronounce holy; to consecrate

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Approbation; sanction.

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The act of blessing.

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A prayer or petition.

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The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.

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The act of rending thanks, or expressing gratitude for favors or mercies.

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Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.

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Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.

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