blessing

Universal Words noun 1 [usuallysing.] God's help and protection, or a PRAYER asking for this: to pray for God's blessing * The bishop said the blessing. 2 [usuallysing.] approval of or permission for sth: The government gave its blessing to the new plans. * He went with his parents' blessing. 3 something that is good or helpful: Lack of traffic is one of the blessings of country life. * It's a blessing that nobody was in the house at the time. seealsoMIXEDBLESSING IDIOMS a blessing in disguise something that seems to be a problem at first, but that has good results in the end moreatCOUNTv.