n. 1
Favor, sanction or beneficence.
The minister has extended his grace to our effort.
n. 2
Mercy, pardon.
n. 3
Charming, pleasing qualities.
The Princess brought grace to an otherwise dull and boring party.
v. 1
To adorn; to decorate; to embellish and dignify.
He graced the room with his presence.

Related words

Word family: graceful graceless gracesome
Phrases: grace note social grace herb of grace saving grace state of grace coup de grace free grace grace period

Forms

Plural: graces → mercies, benedictions, blessings, thanksgivings…
Past participle: graced
e.g. graced → adorned, embellished, decorated, charmed…

Grace, Favor, Kindness, Blessing, Forgiveness or Mercy?

Grace is favor, kindness, or blessing shown to the undeserving; forgiveness, mercy, and pardon are exercised toward the ill-deserving.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

4 letters: love¹, deck¹, ease¹
5 letters: honor², favor², mercy², charm¹, array², flair¹, piety³, adorn², mense
6 letters: become², beauty², honour², favour², polish², virtue², pardon², enrich², lenity, bedeck²
7 letters: culture², garnish², dignify³
8 letters: blessing², kindness², devotion³, elegance³, decorate³, ornament³, sanctity³, gratuity⁴, beautify³
9 letters: embellish³, benignity, gracility
10 letters: excellence³, compassion³, refinement³, politeness³, loveliness, comeliness, seemliness
11 letters: forgiveness³, benevolence⁴, benediction⁴
12 letters: thanksgiving³, gracefulness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (honor² = 2 syllables).