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1. Elegant movement; poise or balance.
2. In theology: Free and undeserved favour, especially of God. Unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification.
3. In theology: Divine assistance in resisting sin.

Etymology

From Middle English grace, from Old French grace (Modern French grâce), from Latin grātia "kindness, favour, esteem", from grātus ‘pleasing’ from Proto-Indo-European *gwer- (“to praise, welcome”). Compare grateful. Displaced native Middle English held, hield "grace" (from Old English held, hyld "grace"), Middle English este "grace, favour, pleasure" (from Old English ēste "grace, kindness, favour"), Middle English athmede(n) "grace" (from Old English ēadmēdu "grace"), Middle English are, ore "grace, mercy, honour" (from Old English ār "grace, kindness, mercy").

Grace may refer to:

Religion

• Divine grace in theology
• Grace (Christianity)
  • Actual grace, a Roman Catholic theological concept
  • Irresistible grace, a Calvinist theological concept
  • Prevenient grace, a Wesleyan theological concept
  • Sola gratia (Latin for "grace alone"), a Protestant axiom rooted in the theology of Augustine of Hippo
• Grace (prayer), a prayer of thanksgiving said before or after a meal

Other

• The Graces, or the Charites, in Greek mythology
• Grace (photograph), the Minnesota state photograph
• Grace (style), a form of address

Entertainment

Film

• Grace (film), a 2009 horror film
• States of Grace, a 2005 drama film

Games

• The Game of graces, a 19th century game for young girls
• Tales of Graces, a 2009 Tales of game by Namco Tales Studio

Literature

• "Grace" (short story), by James Joyce in Dubliners (1914)

Music

• Grace (band), a 1990s dance music group
• Grace (musician), a Universal Music recording artist
• Grace (singer), Russian singer
• Grace Slick, lead vocalist with The Jefferson Airplane and The Jefferson Starship
• Grace note, a kind of music notation

Albums

• Grace, an album by Tribes of Neurot
• Grace, an album by the Wild Strawberries
• Grace (Jeff Buckley album) (1994)
• Grace (Lee Soo Young album)
• Grace (Simon Webbe album)
• Grace (Mandy Capristo album) (2012)
• Grace (Margaret Becker album) (1995), an album by Margaret Becker

Songs

• "Amazing Grace"
• "Grace", an Irish ballad about Grace Gifford
• "Grace", a 2008 song by Parachute Band from the album Technicolor (album)
• "Grace", a 2009 song by Lamb of God from the album Wrath
• "Grace" (Apocalyptica song), a 2007 song by Apocalyptica featuring Tomoyasu Hotei.
• "Grace" (Jeff Buckley song), a 1994 song by Jeff Buckley
• "Grace" (Miss Kittin song), a 2008 song by Miss Kittin
• "Grace" (Simon Webbe song), a 2007 song by Simon Webbe
• "Grace" (Supergrass song), a 2002 song by Supergrass
• "Grace" (U2 song), a 2000 song by U2
• "Grace" (Will Young song), a song on Will Young's fourth album Let It Go
• "Grace Kelly" (song), a song by Mika
• "The Grace" (song), a 2005 song by Canadian band Neverending White Lights
• "Grace", a 1967 song by rock band Country Joe and the Fish, from their first album Electric Music for the Mind and Body
• "Grace", a 1998 song by Robbie Williams from I've Been Expecting You
• "Grace", a song written by Steve McEwan and Nerina Pallot, it's on Nerina's fourth album Year of the Wolf

Television

• "Grace" (Stargate SG-1), a television series episode
• "Grace" (Homeland), an episode of the TV series Homeland
• Grace Under Fire, an American sitcom that aired on ABC
• Will & Grace, an American sitcom that aired on NBC

Theater

• Grace (play), a play by Mick Gordon and A. C. Grayling

Names

• Grace (given name), a feminine name
• Grace (Marathi Poet), a Marathi poet with pen name Grace

People with the surname Grace

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• Helen Grace, British actress
• John Grace (Canadian football), a Canadian Football League player
• John W. Grace, first Privacy Commissioner of Canada
• John Hilton Grace, a British mathematician
• Maggie Grace, American actress
• Mark Grace, American baseball player
• Michael Grace (disambiguation)
• Oliver Grace, Chief Remembrancer of the Irish Exchequer
• Ricky Grace (born 1966), American–Australian basketball player
• Ted Grace, Australian politician
• Thomas Grace (California), American Roman Catholic bishop
• Thomas Grace (Minnesota), American Roman Catholic bishop
• Topher Grace, an American actor
• W. G. Grace (1848–1915), English cricketer
• William Russell Grace, founder of W. R. Grace and Company
• Willie Grace (1917-2006), Negro league baseball player

Science and technology

• Grace, the American codename for the Aichi B7A, a World War II Japanese bomber aircraft
• GRACE, Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment mission
• Grace (plotting tool), software
• Hyundai Grace, a minivan built by Hyundai Motor Company

Education

• Grace Bible College, a college in Grand Rapids, Michigan
• Grace College, a college in Winona Lake, Indiana
• Grace University, a Bible college in Omaha, Nebraska

Companies

• Grace (food company), the brand name for GraceKennedy Limited, a Caribbean food company
• W. R. Grace and Company, a Columbia, Maryland, United States based chemical conglomerate

Places

• Grace, Idaho
• Grace, Mississippi

Ships

• Template:MV, a Panamanian coaster
• Grace (ship), a ship destroyed by fire in Struys Bay, South Africa in 1822.

See also

• Crace (disambiguation)
• Grace Under Pressure (disambiguation)
• Gracie (disambiguation)
• Le Bénédicité ("Grace") a painting by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
• Saving Grace (disambiguation)