grace
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3.9
- noun
- /ɡreɪs/
- Well, we're all God's creatures, we're all deserving of his grace.
- God's grace
- divine grace
- theology of grace
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Watch on YouTubeLet's just let's just give grace and it's fine.
- Let's just let's just give grace and it's fine.
- It's like you got to have grace when we're hurt.
- It's by the grace of the force.
- Can you allow someone some grace when they're imperfect?
- May light flower in our hearts, lending us the grace to transform all fear.
- Feel the the prompting of grace in your heart and and come back.
- Now God can help you by grace get through it, but he can't.
- Why would God give grace for actions but not belief?
- Confess what you're smuggling moves, states of grace, Elegies.
- And then there's that grace of just like, it's OK, Yeah.
- Yeah, give yourself some grace that you would just.
- Everything I touched by God's grace turned to gold.
- But God has to put something into the heart by grace, by giving something.
Examples
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Everything I touched by God's grace turned to gold.
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So just patience with yourself, grace with yourself, be kind.
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As it's always been, by the grace of God.
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Such an offering was half a charity, half a grace, which is sometimes all we can manage.
Fiction book (1990) -
Why would God give grace for actions but not belief?
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By the grace of the Lord Almighty.
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God has providentially ensured through grace that each person has the opportunity to be saved.
Academic text (2011) -
Can you allow someone some grace when they're imperfect?
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She showed incredible grace when she forgave her friend for the mistake.
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The teacher extended grace to her students by giving them extra time to complete the assignment.
Synonyms
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1.0
An act of help done without expecting anything back
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1.3
Kindness shown to someone who is suffering or could be punished
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1.0
Friendly and generous actions that help or comfort other people
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2.1
Being kind and ready to give money, time, or help to others
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2.8
Friendly feelings and kind acts toward other people
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1.4
Being kind and forgiving toward other people
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1.9
A friendly, helpful feeling toward other people
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6.8
Help from God that people do not earn
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6.1
Kind feelings and actions that help other people
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4.1
Being kind, polite, and generous to other people
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5.2
A warm, gentle feeling of care and concern for other people
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8.5
Showing great kindness and forgiveness to an opponent or someone weaker
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8.4
Kind acts that help other people
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9.9
A very generous giving of money or gifts
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9.9
God gives kindness without being earned to save people
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9.9
Kindness shown to people who are suffering
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5.6
Kindness and forgiveness shown to people you could punish
A feeling of kindness and care for other people
Antonyms
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An action that makes someone suffer for breaking a rule, like a fine or time in prison
Idioms
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9.8
Words people say to show thanks when something happens because of Allah's kindness
Compounds
- Informal
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4.4
A good quality that makes someone or something acceptable despite faults
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An American actress who became the princess of Monaco after marrying Prince Rainier III
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9.9
A small European plant with strong, bitter-smelling leaves that may irritate skin
- Archaic
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9.5
A year counted since the birth of Jesus, used in formal or historical dates
How Merciful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Grace comes from the Latin root gratia, meaning 'favor'. A helpful way to remember the idea of kindness or forgiveness is that to give someone 'grace' is to show them 'favor' even when it is not deserved.