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n.
A redeeming quality, especially one that compensates for one's shortcomings: The scintillating conversation was the saving grace of a bad and overpriced meal.


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who under such divine influence
  Synonyms: grace, state of grace


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Saving Grace may refer to:

  • Grace, a concept in Christian soteriology with a variety of meanings
  • Saving Grace (TV series), a 2007 television series airing on TNT starring Holly Hunter about a police detective given a chance at redemption by an angel
  • Saving Grace (1985 film), a 1985 film based on a novel by Celia Gittelson about a Pope traveling incognito and ending up involved with the people of a small village
  • Saving Grace, a 1998 Canadian film starring C. Ernst Harth & Ellie Harvie about a naive and disfigured man who risks his life for love.
  • Saving Grace (1998 film), a 1998 New Zealand produced film based on a play by Duncan Sarkies about two lovers, one of whom claims to be Christ
  • Saving Grace (2000 film), a 2000 British film about a woman who, after her husband commits suicide, begins cultivating marijuana to pay her debts
  • Saving Grace (2008 film), a 2008 film based on a Connie Stevens screenplay about the 1951 Missouri River flood
  • "Saving Grace" (song), a 2006 single by Tom Petty
  • "Saving Grace", a song by The Cranberries from Bury the Hatchet
  • One More Girl, a Canadian country music duo formerly known as Saving Grace
  • Saving Grace, a song by Christian female group "Point of Grace"
  • Saving Grace (band)
  • Saving Grace (book) by Katherine Spencer

 
 
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