n. 25B6; noun
may God give us his blessing : PROTECTION, favour.
a special blessing from the priest : BENEDICTION, invocation, prayer, intercession; grace.
she gave the plan her blessing : SANCTION, endorsement, approval, approbation, favour, consent, assent, agreement; backing, support; informal the thumbs up.
it was a blessing they didn't have far to go : BOON, godsend, advantage, benefit, help, bonus, plus; stroke of luck, windfall; poetic/literary benison.
condemnation, affliction.