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grace  (grs)

n.

1. Seemingly effortless beauty or charm of movement, form, or proportion.

2. A characteristic or quality pleasing for its charm or refinement.

3. A sense of fitness or propriety.

4.

a. A disposition to be generous or helpful; goodwill.

b. Mercy; clemency.

5. A favor rendered by one who need not do so; indulgence.

6. A temporary immunity or exemption; a reprieve.

7. Graces Greek & Roman Mythology Three sister goddesses, known in Greek mythology as Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, who dispense charm and beauty.

8.

a. Divine love and protection bestowed freely on people.

b. The state of being protected or sanctified by the favor of God.

c. An excellence or power granted by God.

9. A short prayer of blessing or thanksgiving said before or after a meal.

10. Grace Used with His, Her, or Your as a title and form of address for a duke, duchess, or archbishop.

11. Music An appoggiatura, trill, or other musical ornanment in the music of 16th and 17th century England.

tr.v. graced, grac·ing, grac·es

1. To honor or favor: You grace our table with your presence.

2. To give beauty, elegance, or charm to.

3. Music To embellish with grace notes.

Idioms:

in the bad graces of

Out of favor with.

in the good graces of

In favor with.

with bad grace

In a grudging manner.

with good grace

In a willing manner.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin grtia, from grtus, pleasing; see g^wer-² in Indo-European roots.]

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grace

Noun

1. elegance and beauty of movement, form, or expression

2. a pleasing or charming quality: architecture with few redeeming graces

3. courtesy or decency: at least she had the grace to laugh

4. a delay granted for the completion of a task or payment of a debt: another year's grace

5. Christian theol the free and unmerited favour of God shown towards humankind

6. a short prayer of thanks for a meal

7. airs and graces an affected manner

8. with bad grace unwillingly or grudgingly: independence was granted with bad grace

9. with good grace willingly or ungrudgingly: to accept with good grace

Verb

[gracing, graced]

1. to honour or favour: graced by the presence of Henry Fonda

2. to decorate or make more attractive: bedsit walls graced by Che Guevara and James Dean [Latin gratia]

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Grace

Noun

Your or His or Her Grace a title used to address or refer to a duke, duchess, or archbishop

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	grace - (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence; "the conception of grace developed alongside the conception of sin"; "it was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church"; "the Virgin lived in a state of grace" saving grace, state of grace state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" Christian theology - the teachings of Christian churches
	2.	grace - elegance and beauty of movement or expression; "a beautiful figure which she used in subtle movements of unparalleled grace" gracility gracefulness - beautiful carriage
	3.	grace - a sense of propriety and consideration for others; "a place where the company of others must be accepted with good grace" seemliness correctitude, properness, propriety - correct or appropriate behavior
	4.	grace - a disposition to kindness and compassion; "the victor's grace in treating the vanquished" good will, goodwill good nature - a cheerful, obliging disposition
	5.	Grace - (Greek mythology) one of three sisters who were the givers of beauty and charm; a favorite subject for sculptors Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks Aglaia - (Greek mythology) one of the three Graces Euphrosyne - (Greek mythology) one of the three Graces Thalia - (Greek mythology) one of the three Graces Greek deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks
	6.	grace - a short prayer of thanks before a meal; "their youngest son said grace" thanksgiving, blessing orison, petition, prayer - reverent petition to a deity
	7.	grace - (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God; "God's grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners"; "there but for the grace of God go I" free grace, grace of God beneficence - the quality of being kind or helpful or generous Christian theology - the teachings of Christian churches
Verb	1.	grace - make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" adorn, decorate, ornament, embellish, beautify alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" wreathe - decorate or deck with wreaths; "wreathe the grave site" incrust, encrust, beset - decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) braid - decorate with braids or ribbons; "braid a collar" broider, embroider - decorate with needlework stick - cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface; "stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it" illustrate - supply with illustrations; "illustrate a book with drawings" garland - adorn with bands of flowers or leaves; "They garlanded the statue" fledge, flight - decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow" bespangle, spangle - decorate with spangles; "the star-spangled banner" foliate - decorate with leaves flag - decorate with flags; "the building was flagged for the holiday" bard, barde, caparison, dress up - put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive occasion" bead - decorate by sewing beads onto; "bead the wedding gown" pipe - trim with piping; "pipe the skirt" applique - sew on as a decoration gild the lily, paint the lily - adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful) vermiculate - decorate with wavy or winding lines smock - embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally; "The folk dancers wore smocked shirts" hang - decorate or furnish with something suspended; "Hang wallpaper" prank - dress or decorate showily or gaudily; "Roses were pranking the lawn" tinsel - adorn with tinsel; "snow flakes tinseled the trees" tart up - decorate in a cheap and flashy way; "the small-town bar was all tarted up" stucco - decorate with stucco work; "stuccoed ceilings" redecorate - redo the decoration of an apartment or house panel - decorate with panels; "panel the walls with wood" bejewel, jewel - adorn or decorate with precious stones; "jeweled dresses" filet, fillet - decorate with a lace of geometric designs scallop - decorate an edge with scallops; "the dress had a scalloped skirt" bedizen - decorate tastelessly dress ship - decorate a ship with flags garnish, trim, dress - decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods trim - decorate, as with ornaments; "trim the christmas tree"; "trim a shop window" bedeck, bedight, deck - decorate; "deck the halls with holly" festoon - decorate with strings of flowers; "The public buildings were festooned for the holiday" enamel - coat, inlay, or surface with enamel inlay - decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal lacquer - coat with lacquer; "A lacquered box from China" begild, engild, gild - decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold illuminate - add embellishments and paintings to (medieval manuscripts) blazon, emblazon - decorate with heraldic arms emblazon, colour, color - decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm tones" fringe - adorn with a fringe; "The weaver fringed the scarf" fret - decorate with an interlaced design landscape - embellish with plants; "Let's landscape the yard" ornament - be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree"
	2.	grace - be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere" deck, decorate, embellish, adorn, beautify be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" ornament - be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree"

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grace

noun 1. elegance, finesse, poise, ease, polish, refinement, fluency, suppleness, gracefulness << OPPOSITE ungainliness

noun 2. manners, decency, cultivation, etiquette, breeding, consideration, propriety, tact, decorum, mannerliness << OPPOSITE bad manners

noun 3. indulgence, mercy, pardon, compassion, quarter, charity, forgiveness, reprieve, clemency, leniency

noun 4. benevolence, favour, goodness, goodwill, generosity, kindness, beneficence, kindliness << OPPOSITE ill will

noun 5. prayer, thanks, blessing, thanksgiving, benediction

noun 6. favour, regard, respect, approval, esteem, approbation, good opinion << OPPOSITE disfavour

verb 7. adorn, enhance, decorate, enrich, set off, garnish, ornament, deck, embellish, bedeck, beautify

8. honour, favour, distinguish, elevate, dignify, glorify << OPPOSITE insult

Translations

grace [greɪs] n (REL) → gracia (= gracefulness); elegancia, gracia (= graciousness); cortesía, gracia

vt (= favour) → honrar (= adorn); adornar;

5 days' grace → un plazo de 5 días;

to say grace → bendecir la mesa;

his sense of humour is his saving grace → lo que le salva es su sentido del humor

grace [greɪs] n → grâce f

vt (= honour) → honorer (= adorn); orner;

5 days' grace → un répit de 5 jours;

to say grace → dire le bénédicité;

(after meal) → dire les grâces;

with a good/bad grace → de bonne/mauvaise grâce;

his sense of humour is his saving grace → il se rachète par son sens de l'humour

grace [greɪs] n → Gnade f;

(gracefulness) → Anmut f

vt (honour) → beehren;

(adorn) → zieren;

5 days' grace → 5 Tage Aufschub;

with (a) good grace → anstandslos;

with (a) bad grace → widerwillig;

his sense of humour is his saving grace → was einen mit ihm versöhnt, ist sein Sinn für Humor;

to say grace → das Tischgebet sprechen

grace [greɪs] n → grazia (= graciousness); garbo, cortesia

vt → onorare;

5 days' grace → dilazione f di 5 giorni;

to say grace → dire il benedicite;

with a good/bad grace → volentieri/malvolentieri;

his sense of humour is his saving grace → il suo senso dell'umorismo è quello che lo salva

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grace

n grace [greis]

1 beauty of form or movement The dancer's movements had very little grace. grasie رَشاقَه грация půvab ynde; elegance die Anmut χάρη gracia nõtkus متانت؛ زیبایی sulous grâce חֵן रूप या चाल की सुंदरता ljupkost, graciioznost báj, kecsesség keindahan (yndis)þokki grazia 優美 우아 grakštumas, gracija grācija; pievilcība gaya yang lemah lembut gratie, elegantie ynde, eleganse wdzięk graça graţie грация pôvab, elegancia gracioznost gracioznost grace, elegans ความสง่างาม zarafet, incelik 優美 грація; витонченість انداز ، حرکات کی دلآویزی vẻ duyên dáng 优美

2 a sense of what is right At least he had the grace to leave after his dreadful behaviour. so fatsoenlik om فَضيلَه، نِعْمَه приличие slušnost være anstændig nok der Anstand ευπρέπεια delicadeza, cortesía, gentileza, decoro, detalle sündsustunne نیک رفتاری؛ نزاکت säädyllisyyden taju politesse תְחוּשָׁה נְכוֹנָה समझ dražest, draž jóindulat kesopanan sómakennd cortesia たしなみ 장점 padorumas, taktas pieklājība; takts budi bahasa fatsoen, beleefdheid sømmelighetsfølelse wyczucie gentileza tact, politeţe приличие; такт slušnosť vljudnost osećaj anständighet[], vett คุณงามความดี nezaket 通情達理 такт لیاقت thái độ 通情达理

3 a short prayer of thanks for a meal. tafelgebed صَلاة الشُّكْر молитва modlitba při jídle bordbøn das Tischgebet ευχαριστήρια προσευχή πριν το φαγητό bendición söögipalve دعای قبل از خوراک pöytärukous bénédicité בִּרכַּת הַמָזוֹן भोजन के लिए एक संक्षिप्त प्रार्थना zahvala prije jela asztali ima doa borðbæn benedicite, preghiera di ringraziamento 食事の時の祈り 식사 전후의 짧은 기도 malda [] lūgšana doa zegening (over voedsel voor of na de maaltijd), tafelgebed bordbønn modlitwa przy stole acção de graças rugă­ciu­ne (la începutul sau la terminarea mesei) молитва modlitba pri jedle molitev pred jedjo in po njej molitva bordsbön การสวดมนต์สั้น ๆ ก่อนรับประทานอาหาร şükran/şükür duası (飯前或飯後的)感恩禱告 молитва (до чи після їжі) کھانے کے لیے شکرانے کی دعا lời cầu nguyện trước hoặc sau bữa ăn （饭前或饭后的）感恩祷告

4 a delay allowed as a favour You should have paid me today but I'll give you a day's grace. een dag uitstel مُهْلَه отсрочка odklad henstand der Aufschub περίοδος χάριτος plazo, gracia ajapikendus مهلت jatkoaika répit אַרכָּה कृपा के रूप में प्रदान किया गया विलंब odobrena odgoda haladék penundaan (gjald)frestur dilazione 猶予 유예 atidėjimas pagarinājums tempoh uitstel, respijt henstand, frist, utsettelse odroczenie mercê amânare отсрочка odklad odlog odgađanje anstånd, frist ผ่อนผันให้ด้วยความเมตตา süre, mühlet; süre uzatımı 寬限 відстрочка, передишка رعایت sự gia hạn 宽限

5 the title of a duke, duchess or archbishop Your/His Grace. U Hoogheid سِيادَة، نِيافَة светлост milost Deres Nåde; Hans Nåde Eure Hoheit Υψηλότατος, Μακαριότατος Ilustrísima, Excelencia hiilgus عالیجناب armo Monsieur le duc, Madame la duchesse, Monseigneur l'Archevêque הוֹד רוֹממוּתוֹ ड्यूक, डचेस या आर्चबिशप की पदवी velikodostojnička titula őkegyelmessége Yang Mulia náð Grazia 閣下 각하, 각하 부인(등의 경칭) ekscelencija augstība; gaišība Yang Teramat Mulia Hoogwelgeboren Jonkvrouw (titel van hertogin); Hoogwaardige Excellentie (titel van aartsbisschop) Hans/Hennes nåde Jaśnie Oświecony, Ekscelencja Excelência Înălţimea sa; Înalt preasfinţia sa светлость milosť Vaša milost milost [] nåd คำนำหน้าของท่านดยุค Hazretleri, Cenapları (對公爵、公爵夫人或大主教的尊稱)大人；夫人 світлість, милість ڈیوک ، ڈچیس یا بڑے پادری کو خطاب کرنے کا کلمہ Ngài （对公爵、公爵夫人或大主教的尊称）大人；夫人

6 mercy by the grace of God. deur Gods genade بِنِعْمَة الله، بِرَحْمَة الله милост milost nåde die Gnade έλεος gracia arm لطف الهی armo grâce חֶסֶד कृपा milost (isteni) kegyelem kasih náð grazia 恩寵 은총 malonė, maloningumas žēlastība limpah kurnia gratie, genade nåde łaska graça milă милость milosť milost milost nåd คุณธรรม merhamet, lütuf 仁慈 милість; милосердя عنایت lòng thương và ân huệ của Chúa 仁慈

adj ˈgraceful

having or showing beauty of form or movement a graceful dancer. grasieuse رشيق، ظريف грациозен ladný, půvabný yndefuld; graciøs anmutig που είναι γεμάτος χάρη gracioso nõtke زیبا؛ موقر sulava, sulavaliikkeinen gracieux חִינָנִי रूप या चाल की सुंदरता दिखाना ljubak, graziozan kecses luwes þokkafullur aggraziato 優美な 우아한 grakštus, gracingas graciozs mempunyai gaya yang cantik gracieus, elegant yndig, elegant, grasiøs pełen wdzięku gracioso gra­ţios грациозный pôvabný graciozen graciozan graciös, elegant สวยงาม; นุ่มนวล zarif, kibar 優美的 граціозний, витончений خوش وضع duyên dáng 优美的

adv ˈgracefully

grasieus بِرَشاقَه грациозно ladně, půvabně yndefuldt; graciøst anmutig χαριτωμένα graciosamente nõtkelt مودبانه؛ با وقار sulavasti gracieusement בְּחֵן सुन्दरता से ljupko, graciozno bájosan, kecsesen secara luwes tígulega aggraziatamente 優美に 우아하게 grakščiai graciozi dengan gaya yang lemah lembut op elegante manier yndig, grasiøst wdzięcznie graciosamente graţios грациозно pôvabne graciozno graciozno graciöst อย่างนุ่มนวล incelikle, kibarca 優美地, 溫文地 граціозно, витончено لیاقت سے duyên dáng 优美地, 温文地

n ˈgracefulness

grasie رَشاقَه грация ladnost, půvab ynde; gratie die Anmut χάρη gracia nõtkus ادب؛ ظرافت sulavuus grâce חִינָנִיוּת सुन्दरतापूर्वक ljupkopst, gracioznost báj keindahan, keluwesan tíguleiki grazia 優美さ 우아함 grakštumas graciozums sifat yang mempunyai gaya yang lemah lembut elegantie, charme yndighet, grasiøse bevegelser wdzięk graciosidade graţie; bunăvoinţă грациозность pôvab ljubkost gracioznost behagfullhet, grace ความสง่างาม zarafet, incelik 優美 граціозність, витонченість خوش وضعی vẻ duyên dáng 优美

adj ˈgracious [-ʃəs]

1 kind or polite a gracious smile. minsame لَطيف، حُلو، مُهَذّب изискан laskavý venlig wohlwollend ευγενικός cortés, educado lahke رعنا؛ مهربان kohtelias courtois אָדִיב, נֶחמָד दयामय, शिष्ट ljubazan, pristojan barátságos manis vinsamlegur, kurteis benevolo 優しい 상냥한 malonus, mandagus laipns mesra hoffelijk imøtekommende; vennlig uprzejmy bondoso amabil любезный láskavý prijazen ljubazan vänlig, artig ซึ่งมีมารยาท nazik, cana yakın 有禮貌的 люб'язний مہربان tử tế; hào hiệp 有礼貌的

2 (of God) merciful. genadige رَحيم، شَفوق، رؤوف милостив milostivý nådig barmherzig ελεήμων misericordioso armuline رحیم armollinen miséricordieux חַנוּן, רַחוּם कृपालु milostiv könyörületes; kegyes pemurah miskunnsamur misericordioso 慈悲深い 자비로운 maloningas žēlīgs; žēlsirdīgs pengasih genadig nådig miłosierny piedoso milostiv; îndurător милостивый milosrdný milosten milostiv nådig กรุณา; ปรานี; เมตตา Allah Kerim Rahim 仁慈的 милостивий رحیم (về Chúa) nhân từ 仁慈的

interj

an exclamation of surprise. goeie hemel, my tyd تَعبير عن الدّهْشَه والمُفاجأه боже мой! proboha! du godeste!; milde himmel! du liebe Güte! Θεέ και Κύριε! (επιφ.) ¡por Dios!, ¡válgame Dios!, ¡Dios mío! armas taevas! عجب laupias taivas juste ciel! שוֹמוּ שָׁמַיִם! आश्चर्य की अभिव्यक्ति Bože milostivi! te jó Isten! astaga! hamingjan góða! Dio mio! おや 이런! vajetau! o Dieve! ak vai! ak Dievs! oh lieve hemel bevare meg vel! O Boże! valha-me Deus Sfinte Dumnezeule! батюшки!, Боже мой! preboha! za božjo voljo! zaboga du milde!, herre gud! คำอุทานแสดงความประหลาดใจ Aman Yarabbi! 天哪！ боже милостивий! حیرانی ظاہر کرنے کا کلمہ Trời ơi!Chao ôi! 天哪！

adv ˈgraciously

She smiled graciously. goedgunstiglik بِلطافَه، بِتهْذيب، بِشَفَقَه благосклонно laskavě venligt wohlwollend ευγενικά graciosamente; con misericordia; bondadosamente lahkelt با وقار؛ با مهربانی kohteliaasti avec grâce בַּאֲדִיבוּת दया से dobrohotno barátságosan dengan manis vinsamlega con benevolenza 優しく 상냥하게 maloniai laipni dengan mesra met hoffelijkheid vennlig, elskverdig uprzejmie bondosamente cu graţie любезно láskavo prijazno ljubazno vänligt, artigt อย่างงดงาม nezaketle 有禮貌地 люб'язно دلنوازی سے tử tế 有礼貌地

n ˈgraciousness

goedgunstigheid لَطافه، رأْفَه، تَهْذيب благосклонност laskavost, milost venlighed; høflighed die Güte ευγένεια bondad; amabilidad, cortesía lahkus لطف؛ بزرگواری kohteliaisuus, armeliaisuus bienveillance אֲדִיבוּת रमणीयता, शालीनता, शिष्टता ljubaznost, dobrohotnost kedvesség kemanisan vinsemd benevolenza 優しさ 상냥함 maloningumas, mandagumas laipnība; žēlsirdība sifat yang lembut dan mesra beleefdheid elskverdighet, vennlighet uprzejmość bondade bunăvoinţă любезность; милость vľúdnosť dobrota ljubaznost vänlighet, artighet ความงดงาม nezaket, cana yakınlık 禮貌 люб'язність نوازش sự tử tế 礼貌

with (a) good/bad grace

(un)willingly She accepted his apology with good grace. vriendelik, op hoflike wyse بِمُوافَقه، بِلَباقَه неохотно ochotně; neochotně, nerad uden sure miner; med sure miner bereitwillig/widerwillig πρόθυμα, με το ζόρι de buena/mala gana meeleldi, vastu tahtmist با کمال میل؛ با بی میلی kernaasti, vastahakoisesti de bonne/mauvaise grâce לַעֲשׂוֹת מַשֶהוּ בְּאִי רָצוֹן/בְּרָצוֹן इच्छापूर्वक, अनिच्छा पूर्वक dobrohotno szívesen/ nem szívesen rela/tidak rela góðfúslega, með glöðu geði volentieri; malvolentieri 快く[] 기꺼이[] geraširdiškai, noriai; su atžagarumu, nenoriai labprāt/nelabprāt dengan hati terbuka goedschiks; kwaadschiks, tegen iemands zin med/sure miner uten, pent; vrangvillig z chęcią/niechęcią de boa/má vontade de bună­voie; de voie, de nevoie (не)охотно ochotne / neochotne (ne)prijazno volja villigt/motvilligt ความเมตตา iste(me)yerek 欣然地／勉強地 залюбки / неохоче بظاہر خوشدلی یا بے دلی سے một cách vui vẻ/một cách miễn cưỡng 欣然地／勉强地