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grace

grace

236 3.9
Kindness and forgiveness shown to someone who has not earned it
  • noun
  • /ɡreɪs/
translation icon : gracia
  • Well, we're all God's creatures, we're all deserving of his grace.
  • God's grace
  • divine grace
  • theology of grace

Let's just let's just give grace and it's fine.

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Examples

  • Everything I touched by God's grace turned to gold.

  • So just patience with yourself, grace with yourself, be kind.

  • As it's always been, by the grace of God.

  • 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?

  • By the grace of the Lord Almighty.

  • 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?

  • She showed incredible grace when she forgave her friend for the mistake.

  • The teacher extended grace to her students by giving them extra time to complete the assignment.

Synonyms

favor
vsgrace
  • US
1.0

An act of help done without expecting anything back

is broader, meaning both acts of help and forgiving, undeserved kindness
mercy
vsgrace
609 1.3

Kindness shown to someone who is suffering or could be punished

also includes general compassion and unearned favor beyond formal pardon
kindness
vsgrace
297 1.0

Friendly and generous actions that help or comfort other people

includes friendly behavior but stresses forgiveness and undeserved favor
generosity
vsgrace
128 2.1

Being kind and ready to give money, time, or help to others

stresses compassion and forgiving favor rather than mainly material giving
goodwill
vsgrace
95 2.8

Friendly feelings and kind acts toward other people

adds the idea of forgiveness and unearned favor to those friendly feelings
charity
vsgrace
76 1.4

Being kind and forgiving toward other people

covers the same forgiving spirit but also includes undeserved favor
grace of God
vsgrace
34 6.8

Help from God that people do not earn

includes that divine help but also human kindness and forgiveness
benevolence
vsgrace
16 6.1

Kind feelings and actions that help other people

adds the sense of mercy and unearned favor beyond general goodwill
good will
vsgrace
11 1.9

A friendly, helpful feeling toward other people

also implies compassion and sometimes forgiveness beyond mere friendliness
graciousness
vsgrace
6 4.1

Being kind, polite, and generous to other people

places more weight on forgiveness and unearned favour rather than manners
magnanimity
vsgrace
  • Formal
3 8.5

Showing great kindness and forgiveness to an opponent or someone weaker

focuses more on simple kindness, compassion, or undeserved favor
beneficence
vsgrace
  • Formal
2 8.4

Kind acts that help other people

also covers compassionate forgiveness and favor not earned by recipients
loving-kindness
vsgrace
1 5.2

A warm, gentle feeling of care and concern for other people

is similar but also includes forgiving, undeserved favor beyond affection
munificence
vsgrace
  • Formal
1 9.9

A very generous giving of money or gifts

focuses more on moral forgiveness and undeserved compassionate favor
free grace
vsgrace
  • Formal
1 9.9

God gives kindness without being earned to save people

is broader, covering kindness or forgiveness beyond theological favor
misericordia
vsgrace
  • Archaic
9.9

Kindness shown to people who are suffering

covers both sacred mercy and ordinary human kindness or forgiveness
mercifulness
vsgrace
5.6

Kindness and forgiveness shown to people you could punish

is wider, meaning general kindness, compassion, or unearned favor
rahma
vsgrace
9.9

A feeling of kindness and care for other people

is similar but also stresses forgiveness and unearned favor as well

Antonyms

720 1.3

An action that makes someone suffer for breaking a rule, like a fine or time in prison

cruelty
  • NSFW
129 3.2

Actions that hurt people or animals on purpose

71 4.6

Lack of interest or concern about something

Idioms

A loss of status and respect after wrongdoing

To begin behaving badly again and lose people's respect

Words people say to show thanks when something happens because of Allah's kindness

Compounds

34 6.8

Help from God that people do not earn

10 3.5

Extra time after a deadline when you can still do something without penalty

saving grace
  • Informal
7 4.4

A good quality that makes someone or something acceptable despite faults

4 9.5

A time when God forgives a person and frees them from sin

A calm, elegant way of moving and behaving

grace note
  • Specialized
1 7.5

A very short decorative note played quickly before a main note

free grace
  • Formal
1 9.9

God gives kindness without being earned to save people

1 9.9

A small European plant with strong, bitter-smelling leaves that may irritate skin

saving grace
  • Formal
1 8.5

A gift from God that makes a person holy and helps them be saved

A final action that ends something, often to stop suffering

Calm, polite, graceful behavior when people watch or question you

A soft, quick, elegant way of moving like a rabbit

9.9

A cup passed around at the end of a meal for the final toast

An American actress who became the princess of Monaco after marrying Prince Rainier III

year of grace
  • Archaic
9.5

A year counted since the birth of Jesus, used in formal or historical dates

How Merciful

mercy
609 1.3
grace
236 3.9
kindness
297 1.0
harshness
6 4.1
cruelty
  • NSFW
129 3.2

Surface Forms

grace singular
graces plural

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.