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Saving grace

noun

(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence. Synonyms: grace, state of grace. "It was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church" , "The Virgin lived in a state of grace"

A redeeming quality or characteristic. "Her sense of humor has to be a saving grace" , "The saving grace for both developments is that they are creating jobs"

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"Saving grace" Quotes from Famous Books

... together here; what, are they gone? Ben's a brisk boy: he has got her into a corner; father's own son, faith, he'll touzle her, and mouzle her. The rogue's sharp set, coming from sea; if he should not stay for saving grace, old Foresight, but fall to without the help of a parson, ha? Odd, if he should I could not be angry with him; 'twould be but like me, a chip of the old block. Ha! thou'rt melancholic, old Prognostication; as melancholic as if thou hadst ...

— Love for Love • William Congreve

... rather an absurd business, this ritual of ours,' he answered. 'But it has at least the saving grace of antiquity to excuse it. I have a copy of the questions and answers here if you care to run your ...

— Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

... overgrown village, with whose rural aspects are curiously blended something of the grimness and squalor of certain shabby city neighborhoods. Being of comparatively recent date, the place has none of those colonial associations which, like sprigs of lavender in an old chest of drawers, are a saving grace to other quite as dreary ...

— The Stillwater Tragedy • Thomas Bailey Aldrich

... grimly to himself as he noted the new Town Hall. He had met a good many robber-politicians during his wanderings in the Dago Republics; but all of them had, at least, the saving grace of frankness. The aim and end of their policy was to arrive safely in Paris, with the contents of the national treasury as their baggage. They did not hunger after honours, such as knighthoods, or aspire to speak at Sunday ...

— People of Position • Stanley Portal Hyatt

... Suppose her father were back, or her sister or brother were in! He decided to gamble, and ask for them all first, so that if he were in luck and they were not there, it would be quite natural in the end to ask for Holly; while if any of them were in—an 'excuse for a ride' must be his saving grace. ...

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

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