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noun American English pronunciation: grace /ɡreɪs/ 
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    [uncountable] kind, polite, and fair behavior

    She captures the character’s essential gentleness and grace.

    have the (good) grace to do something:

    He should have the grace to admit he was wrong.

    with (good/a good) grace (=in a pleasant and willing way):

    Davis accepted the defeat with good grace.

    with bad/a bad/an ill grace (=in an unpleasant and unwilling way):

    She responded with an ill grace to our appeal for help.

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      graces

       [plural] skills that are necessary for polite or friendly relationships with other people
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    [uncountable] according to religious belief, the love and kindness that God gives to people
    by/through God’s grace:

    It was only by God’s grace that we were saved.

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    1. a.
      according to religious belief, the condition of people when they are loved and forgiven by God
      state of grace:

      He died in a state of grace.

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    [singular/uncountable] a short prayer that some people say before they eat to thank God for the food

    Eric, would you like to say grace?

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    [uncountable] extra time that you have, or that someone allows you to have, in order to do something such as pay money that you owe

    Could you give me a couple of days’ grace to pay the rent?

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