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saving grace is a noun meaning "(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence". It carries 2 recorded senses.
(Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
“the conception of grace developed alongside the conception of sin”
“it was debated whether saving grace could be obtained outside the membership of the church”
“the Virgin lived in a state of grace”
Christian theology
a redeeming quality or characteristic
“her love of music remains her one saving grace”
“her sense of humor has to be a saving grace”
“the saving grace for both developments is that they are creating jobs”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for saving grace come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.