grace

grace
n
1. elegance, tastefulness, fineness; refinement, culture, cultivation, polish, urbanity, suavity; taste, good taste, discrimination, discernment; savoir-faire, tact, finesse; propriety, decorum, mannerliness, manners.
2. charm, winsomeness, winningness, appealingness, appeal; attractiveness, comeliness, beauty, beautifulness, pulchritude, handsomeness, loveliness; gracefulness, suppleness, fluency, fluidity, smoothness, symmetry, poetry in motion; ease, facility.
3. favor, boon, benefit, benefaction, benediction, Archaic. benison.
4. kindness, kindliness, benevolence, beneficence, benignity; love, brotherly love, good will; graciousness, indulgence, condescension.
5. mercy, mercifulness, mildness, lenity, leniency, forgiveness, compassion, compassionateness; reprieve, quarter, respite, stay of execution.
6. virtue, moral strength, goodness, quality, merit; conscience, knowledge of right and wrong.
7. blessing, thanks, thanksgiving, grace before meals.
v
8. adorn, decorate, embellish, ornament, garnish; beautify, prettify, Inf. pretty up; enhance, enrich, set off to advantage; dignify, distinguish, honor, favor, Brit. Dial. mense; glorify, intensify, heighten, deepen.

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