elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice.
a pleasing or attractive quality or endowment: He lacked the manly graces.
favor or goodwill.
a manifestation of favor, especially by a superior: It was only through the dean's grace that I wasn't expelled from school.
mercy; clemency; pardon: He was saved by an act of grace from the governor.
favor shown in granting a delay or temporary immunity.
an allowance of time after a debt or bill has become payable granted to the debtor before suit can be brought against him or her or a penalty applied: The life insurance premium is due today, but we have 31 days' grace before the policy lapses.Compare grace period.
Theology.
the freely given, unmerited favor and love of God.
the influence or spirit of God operating in humans to regenerate or strengthen them.
a virtue or excellence of divine origin: the Christian graces.
Also called state of grace.the condition of being in God's favor or one of the elect.
moral strength: the grace to perform a duty.
a short prayer before or after a meal, in which a blessing is asked and thanks are given: Grandfather will now say grace.
(usually initial capital letter) a formal title used in addressing or mentioning a duke, duchess, or archbishop, and formerly also a sovereign (usually preceded by your, his, etc.).
Graces,Classical Mythology. the goddesses of beauty, daughters of Zeus and Eurynome, worshiped in Greece as the Charities and in Rome as the Gratiae.
Music. grace note.
verb (used with object),graced,grac·ing.
to lend or add grace to; adorn: Many fine paintings graced the rooms of the house.
to favor or honor: to grace an occasion with one's presence.
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Idioms for grace
but for the grace of God, under less fortunate circumstances: But for the grace of God, the brick that just fell from the roof would have hit me on the head!
by the grace of God, thankfully; fortunately: By the grace of God, I won't have to deal with tax returns for another year.
fall from grace,
Theology.to relapse into sin or disfavor.
to lose favor; be discredited: He fell from grace when the boss found out he had lied.
have the grace to, to be so kind as to: Would you have the grace to help, please?
in someone's good / bad graces, regarded with favor (or disfavor) by someone: It is a wonder that I have managed to stay in her good graces this long.
with bad grace, reluctantly; grudgingly: He apologized, but did so with bad grace.Also with a bad grace.
with good grace, willingly; ungrudgingly: She took on the extra work with good grace.
Origin of grace
First recorded in 1125–75; Middle English, from Old French, from Latin grātia “favor, kindness, esteem,” derivative of grātus “pleasing”
¡Gracias! Grazie! When a Spanish or Italian speaker says thanks, they are invoking one of the meanings behind the word grace. That’s because grace, gracias, and grazie all descend from the same Latin word, grātia. For the ancient Romans, grātia had three distinct meanings: (1) a pleasing quality, (2) favor or goodwill, and (3) gratitude or thanks. We find all three of these meanings in modern-day English. The first when we describe someone as having (or not having) grace:Dancing, she had all the grace of an elephant on skates. The second when we talk about giving or getting grace:by the grace of God. And the third when we say grace (i.e., “thanks”) at a meal. So if you have something to be grateful for, you can say thank-you, grātia,gracias, or grazie. Just make sure you don’t give that something a coup de grâce.
popular references for grace
— Amazing Grace: A hymn written by English clergyman John Newton, who participated in the slave trade before finding religion. — Grace: Jeff Buckley’s sole studio album, released in 1994, just three years before his early death.
The president’s saving grace, for the moment, is that no one has come forward to speak on the record about those comments — and those who are speaking on the record support his side.
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Thanks to Scott Lilienfeld for having the humility, and the courage, to challenge the veracity of his own field, and doing so with such grace and nuance.