grace
/ɡɹeɪs/ noun A2- Charming, pleasing qualities. · The Princess brought grace to an otherwise dull and boring party.
- A short prayer of thanks before or after a meal. · It has become less common to say grace before having dinner.
- In the games of patience or solitaire: a special move that is normally against the rules.
- A grace note.
- Elegant movement; elegance of movement; balance or poise. · The dancer moved with grace and strength.
- An allowance of time granted to a debtor during which they are free of at least part of their normal obligations towards the creditor. · The repayment of the loan starts after a three-year grace.
- Favor, sanction or beneficence. · The minister has extended his grace to our effort.
- Free and undeserved favour from God; unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification, or for resisting sin. · Near-synonyms: Divine Providence, Providence· divine grace
Plural graces
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Danglars thought it as well to comply with a good grace, so he took the pen, ink, and paper Peppino offered him, wrote the draft, and signed it.
“And do you really flatter yourself that I shall yield to all your caprices, and quietly and humbly await the time of again being received into your good graces?”
One arm was hanging out of the bed; from shoulder to elbow it was moulded after the arms of Germain Pillon’s “Graces,” but the fore-arm seemed to be slightly distorted by convulsion, and the hand, so delicately formed, was resting with stiff outstretched fingers on the framework of the bed.
He perceived Château-Renaud and Debray, who had just gained the good graces of a sergeant-at-arms, and who had persuaded the latter to let them stand before, instead of behind him, as they ought to have done.
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