grace

grace is a 5-letter English word with 27 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 27 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.
2. noun. The divine favor toward man; the mercy of God, as distinguished from His justice; also, any benefits His mercy imparts; divine love or pardon; a state of acceptance with God; enjoyment of the divine favor.
3. noun. The prerogative of mercy execised by the executive, as pardon.
4. noun. The same prerogative when exercised in the form of equitable relief through chancery.
5. noun. Fortune; luck; -- used commonly with hard or sorry when it means misfortune.
6. noun. Inherent excellence; any endowment or characteristic fitted to win favor or confer pleasure or benefit.
7. noun. Beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness; commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form.
8. noun. Graceful and beautiful females, sister goddesses, represented by ancient writers as the attendants sometimes of Apollo but oftener of Venus. They were commonly mentioned as three in number; namely, Aglaia, Euphrosyne, and Thalia, and were regarded as the inspirers of the qualities which give attractiveness to wisdom, love, and social intercourse.
9. noun. The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and formerly of the king of England.
10. noun. Thanks.
11. noun. A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks rendered, before or after a meal.
12. noun. Ornamental notes or short passages, either introduced by the performer, or indicated by the composer, in which case the notation signs are called grace notes, appeggiaturas, turns, etc.
13. noun. An act, vote, or decree of the government of the institution; a degree or privilege conferred by such vote or decree.
14. noun. A play designed to promote or display grace of motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of each. Called also grace hoop or hoops.
15. transitive verb. To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.
16. transitive verb. To dignify or raise by an act of favor; to honor.
17. transitive verb. To supply with heavenly grace.
18. transitive verb. To add grace notes, cadenzas, etc., to.
19. noun. a disposition to kindness and compassion

    "the victor's grace in treating the vanquished"

    Synonyms: goodwill

20. noun. (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"

21. noun. a sense of propriety and consideration for others

    "a place where the company of others must be accepted with good grace"

    Synonyms: seemliness

22. noun. elegance and beauty of movement or expression

    "a beautiful figure which she used in subtle movements of unparalleled grace"

    Synonyms: gracility

23. noun. a short prayer of thanks before a meal

    "their youngest son said grace"

    Synonyms: blessing, thanksgiving

24. noun. (Greek mythology) one of three sisters who were the givers of beauty and charm; a favorite subject for sculptors
25. noun. (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"

26. verb. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.

    "Decorate the room for the party"

    "beautify yourself for the special day"

    Synonyms: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament

27. verb. be beautiful to look at

    "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"

    Synonyms: adorn, beautify, deck, decorate, embellish

Synonyms

goodwill, seemliness, gracility, blessing, thanksgiving, adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament, deck

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in grace:

cager, garce

Common word forms

graced, gracer, graces, gracing, graceful, graceless

Words from these letters

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