Malediction (bad speak) and Benediction (Good speak) are antonyms.
A benediction is good wishes and a malediction is a curse.
Benediction means something is a blessing or is good. Malediction means a curse. Malediction is the antonym of benediction.
they are both antonyms/nouns.
The opposite of benediction (start) could be valediction(end or death).The opposite of a sacrament or blessing could be a curse or malediction.
Curse. "Malediction" comes from Latin for "bad" (or "evil") and "say."
A magical word or phrase uttered to bring about evil.
A proclaiming of evil against some one; a cursing; imprecation; a curse or execration; -- opposed to benediction.
Benediction is the act of bestowing blessings upon something or someone. Synonyms for this word are prayer, invocation, bliss, or grace.
The synonyms for Thanksgiving are benediction, blessing, invocation, and petition. And the antonyms for Thansgiving are anathema (something hated) and execration.
Synonyms 2. advantage, boon, gain, profit, bounty.
Some synonyms: acknowledgment, benediction, blessing, credit, grace, gratefulness, gratitude, praise, recognition, thank you note, thankfulness, thanksgiving
The suffix for benediction is -ion.