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saving grace

noun

  1. a quality that makes up for other generally negative characteristics; redeeming feature.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of saving grace1

First recorded in 1590–1600

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Example Sentences

She was my saving grace, through our initial grief and our subsequent pregnancies.

The saving grace is that Sharif is emerging from several years in political exile.

When my daughter had a life-threatening illness, this show became her saving grace—so she returned the favor.

“Part of the reason her name was Savannah Grace was because she was like my saving grace,” she said.

The only saving grace is that the opposition won't want another election this year any more than does the public.

Don't forget that if religion is a saving grace, religiosity is a constitutional weakness.

He adored her as little less than a saint, and she became, indeed, his saving grace.

The saving grace in his whole make-up was that he really loved to work and he would work at the things he could do.

There was, however, a saving grace, and we must give the devil his due.

There was a saving grace in that last word, which gave him a little heart.

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