parental blessing
Mother and father's consent
A parental blessing is formal approval or support given by parents, especially for major life decisions like marriage.
In religious and traditional contexts, children seek their parents' blessing before wedding: They asked for her father's blessing before announcing the engagement.
The phrase carries weight beyond mere permission—it implies wholehearted endorsement and emotional support.
Without it, proceeding may feel incomplete or defiant: He married her without his parents' blessing.
- approvalFavorable opinion given
- benedictionFormal spoken blessing
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
father · mother · marriage · ceremony · good wishes · tradition · coming of age · elder · permission · giving away · wedding ceremony · bestow · laying hands · family · lineage · heir · prodigal son · firstborn
parental blessingmalediction
Verbal invocation of harm
family curse · generational curse · imprecation · anathema · ancestral curse
parental blessingdisownment
Rejecting familial ties officially
disinheritance · parental rejection · shunning · cutting off · banishment
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