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Meanings of saving grace in English

Catalan
estat de gràcia
Spanish
gracia

(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence.

estat de gràcia
Synonyms
Examples for "grace"
Examples for "grace"
1
They hope so; and they take heart of grace to believe so.
Autobiography of mark twain, vol. 1
2
We wish that a baby will soon grace your family, Knotgrass said.
Maleficent
3
Still, there was something; the same strange quality; the same forward-springing grace.
Anne Severn and the Fieldings
4
I hoped to age with that high level of grace and confidence.
The incumbent
5
The debt will run for 11 years with a three-year grace period.
Reuters
1
For this we know: they laboured only in a state of grace.
The Cathedral
2
How renew that state of grace without communion and outside a cloister?
En Route
3
It was a state of grace, his particular brand of charm.
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
4
The human state of grace had been drained from their bodies.
The Reality Dysfunction
5
Or those newly in love, wrenched from that state of grace.
Fugitive pieces
Usage of saving grace in English
1
The saving grace, from the Treasury point of view, was universal credit.
The Guardian
2
But there is this saving grace; he on his side knows nothing.
A Splendid Hazard
3
The airline industry believed it was a saving grace for tourist numbers.
Radio NZ
4
He shall bestow upon our race His saving grace and glory too.
Radio NZ
5
He was a bastard whose only saving grace was paying child support.
Secret of the seventh son
6
Augustine said that saving grace was supernatural, irresistible, unattainable by human effort.
The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a...
7
Thanks, captain, for so much saving grace, because I like to live.
The Shadow of the North: A Story of Old New York and a Lost Camp...
8
A whole week of soggy bread without the saving grace of jam!
Rainbow Valley
9
The only saving grace was that our family moved a few months later.
The Good Daughters
10
However, her saving grace may be her candor about that period.
Reuters
11
The one saving grace: they still have the best uniforms in the league.
The Guardian
12
But he has none of the saving grace of his country or family.
Sketches in the House / The Story of a Memorable Session (1893)
13
The best Christmas gift on this holy night of love and saving grace.
Gingham bride
14
Like Lincoln he has the saving grace of humour, and sense of proportion.
The Authoritative Life of General William Booth, Founder of the ...
15
Their saving grace so far is an opposition which has failed to capitalise.
Reuters
16
The saving grace, the hoped-for absolution, fans believed, would arrive in album form.
Wired
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Translations for saving grace
Spanish
gracia
Saving grace through the time
Saving grace across language varieties
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New Zealand
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Ireland
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