| 1. grace
1) that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness: grace of speech 2. good will, loving-kindness, favour 1) of the merciful kindness by which God, exerting his holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ, keeps, strengthens, increases them in Christian faith, knowledge, affection, and kindles them to the exercise of the Christian virtues 3. what is due to grace 1) the spiritual condition of one governed by the power of divine grace 2) the token or proof of grace, benefit 3b1. a gift of grace 3b2. benefit, bounty 4. thanks, (for benefits, services, favours), recompense, reward |