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Benison

A blessing; benediction.

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    A blessing; benediction.

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benedictionnounA short invocation for help, blessing and guidance from God, said on behalf of another person or persons (sometimes at the end of a church worship service).
benefactionnounAn act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing.
blessingnounGood fortune.
givingverb(slang, transitive) giving off a certain vibe or aesthetic.
buy-innounSupport; agreement; blessing (in a secular sense).
houseblessingnounThe ritual of blessing a house, usually in modern forms of witchcraft.
blessed eventnoun(idiomatic, euphemistic) The birth of a baby.
dismissalnounDeprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
thanksgivingnoun(Canada, US) Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada, and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.
abetmentnoun(chiefly law) The act of abetting or assisting in a crime, wrongdoing etc.
bestowmentnounThe act of bestowing or conferring something, especially an honour; bestowal
bonificationnounAn act or process of improvement.
beatificationnounThe act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; especially, in the Roman Catholic Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, — usually a stage in the process of canonization.
visitationnounThe act of visiting, or an instance of being visited.
buy inverbTo accept an idea as valid; to join in on a concept.
grantnounThe act of granting or giving
affordmentnoun(obsolete) Anything given as a help; bestowal, granting.
bettermentnoun(uncommon) An improvement or amelioration.
anointmentnounThe act of anointing with oil or other liquids.
benefitnounAn advantage; help or aid from something.

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