God bless

See also: God-bless

English

Alternative forms

  • Godbless, Gobbless, Gobless (uncommon, pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

Ellipsis of God bless you and similar phrases.

Interjection

God bless

  1. God bless you: a short prayer for the recipient, or a nonliteral well-wishing benediction or valediction culturally inspired by such prayer and thematically concordant with it.
    Antonyms: goddamn, goddamnit
    Coordinate term: goodbye
    Near-synonyms: God love (someone or something), Godspeed, good luck
    Goodbye, and God bless!

Descendants

  • → Tagalog: gadbles
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