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saving grace

American  

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of saving grace

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

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What was a liability has become a saving grace among car buyers sick of screens.

From The Wall Street Journal

And that has been, I think, our saving grace is our sense of humor.

From Los Angeles Times

The one saving grace, said Timer, has been the public's "very significant rising awareness" of deforestation in Indonesia since the disaster.

From Barron's

This event proved the highlight – and saving grace – of Britain's Winter Olympics four years ago, when Eve Muirhead and her team clinched GB's only gold of the Games on the final day in Beijing.

From BBC

The language of manifesting your dreams into reality might sound nonsensical or contrived, but to JOP, his magical thinking became his saving grace.

From Los Angeles Times