grace
- noun
- /ɡreɪs/
- 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.
- 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
An act of help done without expecting anything back
Kindness shown to someone who is suffering or could be punished
Friendly and generous actions that help or comfort other people
Being kind and ready to give money, time, or help to others
Friendly feelings and kind acts toward other people
Being kind and forgiving toward other people
Help from God that people do not earn
Kind feelings and actions that help other people
A friendly, helpful feeling toward other people
Being kind, polite, and generous to other people
Showing great kindness and forgiveness to an opponent or someone weaker
Kind acts that help other people
A warm, gentle feeling of care and concern for other people
A very generous giving of money or gifts
God gives kindness without being earned to save people
Kindness shown to people who are suffering
Kindness and forgiveness shown to people you could punish
A feeling of kindness and care for other people
Antonyms
An action that makes someone suffer for breaking a rule, like a fine or time in prison
Idioms
Words people say to show thanks when something happens because of Allah's kindness
Compounds
- Informal
A good quality that makes someone or something acceptable despite faults
A small European plant with strong, bitter-smelling leaves that may irritate skin
An American actress who became the princess of Monaco after marrying Prince Rainier III
- Archaic
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.