grace

grace has 27 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. The exercise of love, kindness, mercy, favor; disposition to benefit or serve another; favor bestowed or privilege conferred.
• n.. 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.
• n.. The prerogative of mercy execised by the executive, as pardon.
• n.. The same prerogative when exercised in the form of equitable relief through chancery.
• n.. Fortune; luck; -- used commonly with hard or sorry when it means misfortune.
• n.. Inherent excellence; any endowment or characteristic fitted to win favor or confer pleasure or benefit.
• n.. Beauty, physical, intellectual, or moral; loveliness; commonly, easy elegance of manners; perfection of form.
• n.. 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.
• n.. The title of a duke, a duchess, or an archbishop, and formerly of the king of England.
• n.. Thanks.
• n.. A petition for grace; a blessing asked, or thanks rendered, before or after a meal.
• n.. 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.