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.

synoniemen: saving grace, state of grace.

Roget 914: pity, compassion, commiseration; bowels, of compassion; sympathy, fellow-feeling, tenderness, yearning, forbearance, humanity, mercy, clemency; leniency etc. (lenity) 740; charity, ruth, long-suffering.    melting mood; argumentum ad misericordiam [Lat.], quarter, grace, locus paenitentiae [Lat.].    sympathizer; advocate, friend, partisan, patron, wellwisher.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 987: piety, religion, theism, faith; religiousness, holiness etc. adj.; saintship^†; religionism^†; sanctimony etc. (assumed piety) 988; reverence etc. (respect) 928; humility, veneration, devotion; prostration etc. (worship) 990; grace, unction, edification; sanctity, sanctitude^†; consecration.    spiritual existence, odor of sanctity, beauty of holiness.    theopathy^†, beatification, adoption, regeneration, conversion, justification, sanctification, salvation, inspiration, bread of life; Body and Blood of Christ.    believer, convert, theist, Christian, devotee, pietist^†; the good, the righteous, the just, the believing, the elect; Saint, Madonna, Notre Dame [Fr.], Our Lady.    the children of God, the children of the Kingdom, the children of the light.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 939: probity, integrity, rectitude; uprightness etc. adj.; honesty, faith; honor; bonne foi [Fr.], good faith, bona fides [Lat.]; purity, clean hands.    fairness etc. adj.; fair play, justice, equity, impartiality, principle, even-handedness; grace.    constancy; faithfulness etc. adj.; fidelity, loyalty; incorruption, incorruptibility.    trustworthiness etc. adj.; truth, candor, singleness of heart; veracity etc. 543; tender conscience etc. (sense of duty) 926.    punctilio, delicacy, nicety; scrupulosity, scrupulousness etc. adj.; scruple; point, point of honor; punctuality.    dignity &c., (repute) 873; respectability, respectableness etc. adj.; gentilhomme [Fr.], gentleman; man of honor, man of his word; fidus Achates [Lat.], preux chevalier [Fr.], galantuomo [It]; truepenny^†, trump, brick; true Briton; white man [U.S.].    court of honor, a fair field and no favor; argumentum ad verecundiam [Lat.].    ... meer laten zien

Roget 877: title, honor; knighthood etc. (nobility) 875.    highness, excellency, grace; lordship, worship; reverence, reverend; esquire, sir, master, Mr.   , signor, senor, Mein Herr [G.], mynheer^†; your honor, his honor; serene highness; handle to one's name.    decoration, laurel, palm, wreath, garland, bays, medal, ribbon, riband, blue ribbon, cordon, cross, crown, coronet, star, garter; feather, feather in one's cap; epaulet, epaulette, colors, cockade; livery; order, arms, shield, scutcheon; reward etc. 973.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 850: taste; good taste, refined taste, cultivated taste; delicacy, refinement, fine feeling, gust, gusto, tact, finesse; nicety etc. (discrimination) 465; to prepon [Gr.]; polish, elegance, grace.    judgment, discernment etc. 465.    dilettantism, dilettanteism; virtu; fine art; culture, cultivation.    [Science of taste] aesthetics.    man of taste &c.; connoisseur, judge, critic, conoscente, virtuoso, amateur, dilettante, Aristarchus^†, Corinthian, arbiter elegantiarum [Lat.], stagirite^†, euphemist.    caviare to the general" [Hamlet]. ... meer laten zien

Roget 845: beauty, the beautiful, to kalon [Gr.], le beau ideal.    [Science of the perception of beauty] aesthetics, callaesthetics^†.    [-beauty of people] pulchritude, form, elegance, grace, beauty unadorned, natural beauty; symmetry etc. 242; comeliness, fairness etc. adj.; polish, gloss; good effect, good looks; belle tournure^†; trigness^†; bloom, brilliancy, radiance, splendor, gorgeousness, magnificence; sublimity, sublimification^†.    concinnity^†, delicacy, refinement; charm, je ne sais quoi [Fr.], style.    Venus, Aphrodite^†, Hebe, the Graces, Peri, Houri, Cupid, Apollo^†, Hyperion, Adonis^†, Antionous^†, Narcissus.    peacock, butterfly; garden; flower of, pink of; bijou; jewel etc. (ornament) 847; work of art.    flower, flow'ret gay^†; [flowers: list] wildflower; rose, lily, anemone, asphodel, buttercup, crane's bill, daffodil, tulip, tiger lily, day lily, begonia, marigold, geranium, lily of the valley, ranunculus, rhododendron, windflower.    pleasurableness etc. 829.    beautifying; landscaping, landscape gardening; decoration etc. 847; calisthenics^†.    [person who is beautiful] beauty; hunk (of men). ... meer laten zien

Roget 784: giving etc. v.; bestowal, bestowment^†, donation; presentation, presentment; accordance; concession; delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, endowment; investment, investiture; award.    almsgiving^†, charity, liberality, generosity.    [Thing given] gift, donation, present, cadeau^†; fairing; free gift, boon, favor, benefaction, grant, offering, oblation, sacrifice, immolation; lagniappe [U.S.], pilon [U.S.].    grace, act of grace, bonus.    allowance, contribution, subscription, subsidy, tribute, subvention.    bequest, legacy, devise, will, dotation^†, dot, appanage; voluntary settlement, voluntary conveyance etc. 783; amortization.    alms, largess, bounty, dole, sportule^†, donative^†, help, oblation, offertory, honorarium, gratuity, Peter pence, sportula^†, Christmas box, Easter offering, vail^†, douceur [Fr.], drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld [G.], bakshish^†; fee etc. (recompense) 973; consideration.    bribe, bait, ground bait; peace offering, handsel; boodle [Slang], graft, grease [Slang]; blat [Rus.].    giver, grantor etc. v.; donor, feoffer^†, settlor.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 760: permission, leave; allowance, sufferance; tolerance, toleration; liberty, law, license, concession, grace; indulgence etc. (lenity) 740; favor, dispensation, exemption, release; connivance; vouchsafement^†.    authorization, warranty, accordance, admission.    permit, warrant, brevet, precept, sanction, authority, firman; hukm^†; pass, passport; furlough, license, carte blanche [Fr.], ticket of leave; grant, charter; patent, letters patent.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 578: elegance, purity, grace, ease; gracefulness, readiness etc. adj.; concinnity^†, euphony, numerosity^†; Atticism^†, classicalism^†, classicism.    well rounded periods, well turned periods, flowing periods; the right word in the right place; antithesis etc. 577.    purist [Slang].    ... meer laten zien

Roget 918: forgiveness, pardon, condonation, grace, remission, absolution, amnesty, oblivion; indulgence; reprieve.    conciliation; reconcilement; reconciliation etc. (pacification) 723; propitiation.    excuse, exoneration, quittance, release, indemnity; bill of indemnity, act of indemnity, covenant of indemnity, deed of indemnity; exculpation etc. (acquittal) 970.    longanimity^†, placability; amantium irae [Lat.]; locus paenitentiae [Lat.]; forbearance.    ... meer laten zien

Pools: łaska

Elegance and beauty of movement or expression:
— A beautiful figure which she used in subtle movements of unparalleled grace.

synoniem: gracility.

Pools: gracja, wdzięk, powab

A sense of propriety and consideration for others:
— A place where the company of others must be accepted with good grace.

synoniem: seemliness.

A disposition to kindness and compassion:
— The victor's grace in treating the vanquished.

synoniemen: good will, goodwill.

A period of time past the deadline for fulfilling an obligation during which a penalty that would be imposed for being late is waived, especially an extended period granted as a special favor:
— The payment had originally been due on April 1 but we had a grace period which expired in June..

synoniem: grace period.

Pools: dziękczynienie

Greek mythology One of three sisters who were the givers of beauty and charm; a favorite subject for sculptors.

A short prayer of thanks before a meal:
— Their youngest son said grace.

synoniemen: blessing, thanksgiving.

Roget 990: worship, adoration, devotion, aspiration, homage, service, humiliation; kneeling, genuflection, prostration.    prayer, invocation, supplication, rogation, intercession, orison, holy breathing; petition etc. (request) 765; collect, litany, Lord's prayer, paternoster [Lat.]; beadroll^†; latria^†, dulia^†, hyperdulia^†, vigils; revival; cult; anxious meeting, camp meeting; ebenezer, virginal.    thanksgiving; giving thanks, returning thanks; grace, praise, glorification, benediction, doxology, hosanna; hallelujah, allelujah^†; Te Deum [Lat.], non nobis Domine [Lat.], nunc dimittis [Lat.]; paean; benschen [G.]; Ave Maria, O Salutaris, Sanctus [Lat.], The Annunciation, Tersanctus, Trisagion.    psalm, psalmody; hymn, plain song, chant, chaunt, response, anthem, motet; antiphon^†, antiphony.    oblation, sacrifice, incense, libation; burnt offering, heave offering, votive offering; offertory.    discipline; self-discipline, self-examination, self-denial; fasting.    divine service, office, duty; exercises; morning prayer; mass, matins, evensong, vespers; undernsong^†, tierce^†; holyday etc. (rites) 998.    worshipper, congregation, communicant, celebrant.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 916: gratitude, thankfulness, feeling of obligation, sense of obligation.    acknowledgment, recognition, thanksgiving, thanksgiving, giving thanks; thankful good will.    thanks, praise, benediction; paean; Te Deum [Lat.] etc. (worship) 990; grace, grace before meat, grace after meat, grace before meals, grace after meals; thank offering.    requital.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: uitstel van betaling, elegantie, gratie, genade

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.

synoniemen: free grace, grace of God.

Make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..

synoniemen: adorn, beautify, decorate, embellish, ornament.

Roget 845: be beautiful etc. adj.; shine, beam, bloom; become one etc. (accord) 23; set off, grace.    render beautiful etc. adj.; beautify; polish, burnish; gild etc. (decorate) 847; set out.    snatch a grace beyond the reach of art" [Pope]. ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: sieren, decoreren, opsieren, opsmukken, optooien, optuigen, tooien, verfraaien, versieren

Be beautiful to look at.

synoniemen: adorn, beautify, deck, decorate, embellish.