"thank goodness" meaning in English

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Interjection

Forms: thank goodness ! [canonical]
Etymology: Form of thank God without mentioning God. Etymology templates: {{m|en|thank God}} thank God Head templates: {{en-interj|head=thank goodness!}} thank goodness!
  1. Used to express gratitude or relief Translations (express gratitude): الْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ (al-ḥamdu lillāhi) (Arabic), сла́ва бо́гу (sláva bóhu) (Belarusian), дзя́куй бо́гу (dzjákuj bóhu) (Belarusian), 謝天謝地 (Chinese Mandarin), 谢天谢地 (xiètiānxièdì) (Chinese Mandarin), gudskelov (Danish), dank' al Dio (Esperanto), Luojan kiitos (Finnish), Dieu merci (French), Dieu soit loué (French), ende ben (Galician), grazas a Deus (Galician), menos mal (Galician), Gott sei Dank (German), meno male (Italian), grazie al cielo (Italian), grazie a Dio (Italian), 有り難い! (arigatai!) (alt: ありがたい) (Japanese), 御蔭様で (o-kage-sama de) (alt: おかげさまで) (Japanese), 良かった (yokatta) (alt: よかった) (Japanese), 다행이에요 (dahaeng'ieyo) (Korean), deo gratias (Latin), фала богу (fala bogu) (Macedonian), kaitoa (Maori), gudskjelov (Norwegian Bokmål), gudskjelov (Norwegian Nynorsk), chwała Bogu (Polish), dzięki Bogu (Polish), ainda bem (Portuguese), graças a Deus (Portuguese), menos mal (Portuguese), сла́ва бо́гу (sláva bógu) (Russian), хвала Богу [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), hvala Bogu [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), hvala Bogu (Slovene), ¡gracias a dios! (Spanish), menos mal (Spanish), Gud ske lov (Swedish), gudskelov (Swedish), tack och lov (Swedish), Allah'a şükür (Turkish), сла́ва бо́гу (sláva bóhu) (Ukrainian)

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          "sense": "express gratitude",
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          "sense": "express gratitude",
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      "sense": "express gratitude",
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      "sense": "express gratitude",
      "word": "meno male"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "express gratitude",
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      "roman": "dahaeng'ieyo",
      "sense": "express gratitude",
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      "sense": "express gratitude",
      "word": "deo gratias"
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      "roman": "fala bogu",
      "sense": "express gratitude",
      "word": "фала богу"
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      "sense": "express gratitude",
      "word": "kaitoa"
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      "sense": "express gratitude",
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      "sense": "express gratitude",
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      "sense": "express gratitude",
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