grace : Idioms & Phrases

• an expression often used to designate an act declaring pardon or amnesty to numerous offenders, as at the beginning of a new reign.

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• noun the blow that kills (usually mercifully)
  deathblow.
  

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• F., the stroke of mercy with which an executioner ends by death the sufferings of the condemned; hence, a decisive, finishing stroke.

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• (Theol.), the time of probation, when the offer of divine forgiveness is made and may be accepted.

  That day of grace fleets fast away. I. Watts.

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• . See Grace.
• (Com.), the days immediately following the day when a bill or note becomes due, which days are allowed to the debtor or payer to make payment in. In Great Britain and the United States, the days of grace are three, but in some countries more, the usages of merchants being different.

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• a mandate given by the pope or a prince appointing a successor to any benefice before it becomes vacant.

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• verb revert back to bad behavior after a period of good behavior
  
  • The children fell from grace when they asked for several helpings of dessert

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• noun (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God
  free grace; grace.
  
  • God's grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners
  • there but for the grace of God go I

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• favor; friendship.

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• noun cup to be passed around for the final toast after a meal
  

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• . (a) A cup or vessel in which a health is drunk after grace. (b) A health drunk after grace has been said.

  The grace cup follows to his sovereign's health. Hing.

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• a drink taken on rising from the table; a grace cup.

  To [Queen Margaret, of Scotland] . . . we owe the custom of the grace drink, she having established it as a rule at her table, that whosoever staid till grace was said was rewarded with a bumper. Encyc. Brit.

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• noun United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964)
  Allen; Gracie Allen; Gracie.
  

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• a hoop used in playing graces. See Grace, n., 13.

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• noun United States film actress who retired when she married into the royal family of Monaco (1928-1982)
  Kelly; Grace Patricia Kelly; Grace Kelly.
  

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• noun an embellishing note usually written in smaller size
  acciaccatura; appoggiatura.
  

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• (Mus.), an appoggiatura. See Appoggiatura, and def. 11 above.

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• noun (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God
  free grace; grace.
  
  • God's grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners
  • there but for the grace of God go I

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• noun United States film actress who retired when she married into the royal family of Monaco (1928-1982)
  Kelly; Grace Patricia Kelly; Grace Kelly.
  

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• a finishing stoke or touch; a coup de grace.

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• . (Bot.) See Rue.

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• noun European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
  Ruta graveolens; rue.
  

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• means of securing knowledge of God, or favor with God, as the preaching of the gospel, etc.

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• noun United States film actress who retired when she married into the royal family of Monaco (1928-1982)
  Kelly; Grace Patricia Kelly; Grace Kelly.
  

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• noun (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
  grace; saving grace.
  
  • the conception of grace developed alongside the conception of sin
  • it was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church
  • the Virgin lived in a state of grace
• noun a redeeming quality or characteristic
  
  • her love of music remains her one saving grace
  • her sense of humor has to be a saving grace
  • the saving grace for both developments is that they are creating jobs

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• noun (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
  grace; saving grace.
  
  • the conception of grace developed alongside the conception of sin
  • it was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church
  • the Virgin lived in a state of grace

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• to reflect credit upon.

  Content to do the profession some grace. Shak.

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• (M. E. Ch.), to sin; to withdraw from the faith.

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• to render thanks before or after a meal.

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• to take courage.

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• in a forced, reluctant, or perfunctory manner; ungraciously.

  What might have been done with a good grace would at least be done with a bad grace. Macaulay.

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• in a fit and proper manner grace fully; graciously.

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• noun any year of the Christian era
  

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• any year of the Christian era; Anno Domini; A. D. or a. d.

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