Graces
(And to fill up the min. limit might as well have a lil fun and post some word info.)
Graces | Define Graces at Dictionary.com
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[TD="class: td3n2"]elegance and beauty of movement, form, expression, or proportion [/TD]
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[TD="class: td3n2"]a pleasing or charming quality [/TD]
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[TD="class: td3n2"]goodwill or favour [/TD]
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[TD="class: td3n2"]the granting of a favour or the manifestation of goodwill, esp by a superior [/TD]
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[TD="class: td3n2"]a sense of propriety and consideration for others [/TD]
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[TD="class: td3n2"]a.affectation of manner (esp in the phrase
airs and graces ) [/TD]
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[TD="class: td3n2"]b.
in someone's good graces regarded favourably and with kindness by someone [/TD]
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[TD="class: td3n2"]mercy; clemency [/TD]
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Christianity [/TD]
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[TD="class: td3n2"]a.the free and unmerited favour of God shown towards man [/TD]
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[TD="class: td3n2"]b.the divine assistance and power given to man in spiritual rebirth and sanctification [/TD]
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[TD="class: td3n2"]c.the condition of being favoured or sanctified by God [/TD]
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d.an unmerited gift, favour, etc, granted by God (This is what I was thinking for synonym of Blessings)[/TD]
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[TD="class: td3n1, width: 1%, align: right"]9. [/TD]
[TD="class: td3n2"]a short prayer recited before or after a meal to invoke a blessing upon the food or give thanks for it [/TD]
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music a melodic ornament or decoration [/TD]
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[TD="class: td3n1, width: 1%, align: right"]11. [/TD]
[TD="class: td3n2"]See
days of grace [/TD]
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with bad grace ,
with a bad grace unwillingly or grudgingly [/TD]
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with good grace ,
with a good grace willingly or cheerfully [/TD]
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[TD="class: td3n1, width: 1%, align: right"]14. [/TD]
[TD="class: td3n2"](
tr ) to add elegance and beauty to:
flowers graced the room [/TD]
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[TD="class: td3n2"](
tr ) to honour or favour:
to grace a party with one's presence [/TD]
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[TD="class: td3n2"]to ornament or decorate (a melody, part, etc) with nonessential notes [/TD]
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[TD="class: td5, colspan: 2"][C12: from Old French, from Latin
grātia, from
grātus pleasing] [/TD]
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