Benediction and Malediction

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Benediction noun - A prayer calling for divine care, protection, or favor.

Usage example: the priest offered a benediction for the missing children

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Malediction is an antonym for benediction.

Nearby Words: benedict, benedictory

Malediction noun - A prayer that harm will come to someone.

Usage example: the two old women began casting aspersions and heaping maledictions upon one another

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Benediction is an antonym for malediction.

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