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The Meaning of grace
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(n.) The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.
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(n.) The divine favor toward man; the mercy of God, as distinguished from His justice; also, any benefits His mercy imparts; divine love or pardon; a state of acceptance with God; enjoyment of the divine favor.
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(n.) The prerogative of mercy execised by the executive, as pardon.
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(n.) The same prerogative when exercised in the form of equitable relief through chancery.
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(n.) Fortune; luck; -- used commonly with hard or sorry when it means misfortune.
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(n.) Inherent excellence; any endowment or characteristic fitted to win favor or confer pleasure or benefit.
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(n.) Beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness; commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form.
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(n.) Graceful and beautiful females, sister goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the attendants sometimes of Apollo but oftener of Venus. They were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, and were regarded as the inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to wisdom, love, and social intercourse.
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(n.) The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and formerly of the king of England.
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(n.) Thanks.
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(n.) A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks rendered, before or after a meal.
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(n.) Ornamental notes or short passages, either introduced by the performer, or indicated by the composer, in which case the notation signs are called grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc.
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(n.) An act, vote, or decree of the government of the institution; a degree or privilege conferred by such vote or decree.
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(n.) A play designed to promote or display grace of motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of each. Called also grace hoop or hoops.
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(v. t.) To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.
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(v. t.) To dignify or raise by an act of favor; to honor.
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(v. t.) To supply with heavenly grace.
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(v. t.) To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.
Synonyms
saving grace
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state of grace
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gracility
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seemliness
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good will
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goodwill
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Grace
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blessing
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thanksgiving
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grace of God
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free grace
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decorate
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adorn
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ornament
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embellish
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beautify
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deck
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adorn
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decorate
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embellish
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beautify
Antonyms
unseemliness
Homophones
grayce
Rhymes
ace
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aerospace
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airspace
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anyplace
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apace
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arianespace
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base
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bass
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birthplace
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boldface
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bookcase
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brace
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briefcase
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caisse
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case
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cayce
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chace
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chase
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commonplace
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crace
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cyberspace
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dace
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database
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debase
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deface
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degrace
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diabase
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diastase
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disgrace
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displace
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efface
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embrace
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encase
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erase
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everyplace
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face
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fireplace
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footrace
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frace
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glace
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heyse
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incase
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interface
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interlace
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lace
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lactase
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lambastes
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left-brace
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lovelace
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mace
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mais
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marketplace
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misplace
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nace
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orthoclase
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outpace
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pace
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place
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plagioclase
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polymerase
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race
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replace
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retrace
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right-brace
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scarface
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shoelace
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showcase
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showplace
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someplace
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space
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staircase
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steeplechase
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streptokinase
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suitcase
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thrace
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trace
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typeface
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vase
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wace
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wheelbase
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workplace