Synonyms: saving grace
Definition: a redeeming quality or characteristic
Usage: 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
Similar words: characteristic
Definition: a distinguishing quality
Synonyms: saving grace, state of grace, grace
Definition: (Christian theology) a state of sanctification by God; the state of one who is under such divine influence
Usage: 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
Similar words: state
Definition: the way something is with respect to its main attributes
Usage: the current state of knowledge; his state of health; in a weak financial state