saving grace

Noun

• 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
    

• (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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  grace , state of grace